Re: [PATCH 31/32] time.2: wfix regarding year-2038

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> "[R]eaches at" is not standard English.  More idiomatic would be
> "reaches or exceeds".

Thanks Branden. Searching around on Google, you're right. Usage of
"reaches at or beyond" is way less (1,240 results on Google) than
"reaches or exceeds" (376,000 results). I've modified the patch
accordingly.

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..ab3d3ecba 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 or exceeds 2**31 seconds
(2038-01-19 03:14:08 UTC, ignoring leap seconds).
(POSIX.1 permits, but does not require, the
.B EOVERFLOW
-- 
2.32.0



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