> I suppose this should say "...the clock reaches the time 2**31", > and then we can keep the parenthetical as is. Thanks for the insight! here's the new patch Cc: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Viet Than <thanhoangviet@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/time.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/time.2 b/man2/time.2 index 059222dcd..a7410bfc8 100644 --- a/man2/time.2 +++ b/man2/time.2 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ specified as NULL cannot fail with the error .BR EOVERFLOW , even on ABIs where .I time_t -is a signed 32-bit integer and the clock ticks past the time 2**31 +is a signed 32-bit integer and the clock reaches at or beyond the time 2**31 (2038-01-19 03:14:08 UTC, ignoring leap seconds). (POSIX.1 permits, but does not require, the .B EOVERFLOW -- 2.25.1