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

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On 7/30/21 3:25 AM, Viet Than wrote:
>> "[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>

Thanks, Viet Than. Patch Applied.

Cheers,

Michael

> 
> ---
> 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
> 


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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