On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:36:20AM +0200, Manfred Koizar wrote: >On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:47:31 -0400, Vikram Kulkarni wrote: >> >> test=# SELECT timeofday(); >> timeofday >> ------------------------------------- >> Wed Dec 31 16:00:00.591964 1969 PST >> (1 row) >> [...] >> That obviously doesn't look right. Isnt' timeofday() supposed to return >> the current time of day? The system clock is set correctly. > > Vik, I guess that on your platform time_t is smaller than long. Please > compile and run the attached C program. hmmm... on OpenBSD-3.5/sparc64, time_t is an int... http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/sparc64/include/ansi.h?rev=1.4&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup The compiler is GCC 3.3.2 with ProPolice. dt% ./a.out old: >>Wed Dec 31 19:00:00.451903 1969 EST<< new: >>Tue May 04 10:41:12.455457 2004 EDT<< But on my older, OpenBSD-3.1/i386 computer, time_t is defined in the same way, though the compiler is GCC 2.95.3. and the two dates printed there match. hmm... -Vik -- vikram vinayak kulkarni Happiness is a Dunkin Donut. vkulkarn@brownforces.org -Jason Zych http://vvk.brownforces.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
