[PATCH v2] time.2: wfix regarding year-2038

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> 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



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