2013 year complaint

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Re: 2013 year complaint by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2009 at 05:56 UTC
Compliant and complaint are very different words. You want the former. I wonder what system has a problem beyond 2013. On some systems, 2038 is the problem date. Here's a Windows build emulating the unix time format: `>perl -wle"print scalar gmtime 0x7FFFFFFF" Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 >perl -wle"print scalar gmtime 0x80000000" Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1.` [download] Changes to go far beyond 2038 have recently been incorporated into blead (what will become 5.12) if not maint-5.10 (what will become 5.10.1) Update: By the way, DateTime can manipulate any date, not just those representable by `time`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: 2013 year complaint by syphilis (Archbishop) on Apr 13, 2009 at 06:19 UTC
I wonder what system has a problem beyond 2013 Looking at some of the other advice that's being provided at that link (all of which is very much tongue-in-cheek), I'd say that none of them do. Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^3: 2013 year complaint by CountZero (Bishop) on Apr 13, 2009 at 06:46 UTC
For good reason it is called the "perliaq" ("Infrequently Asked Questions"). CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re^3: 2013 year complaint by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2009 at 06:33 UTC
doh! Thanks	[reply]
Re: 2013 year compliant (humor) by toolic (Bishop) on Apr 13, 2009 at 16:15 UTC
I would like to know whether it is right or invalid one. Just to be explicit... it is invalid. It is a joke. See also: Perl Humor The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part I): Introduction	[reply]
Re^2: 2013 year compliant (humor) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2009 at 17:02 UTC
Just to be explicit... it is invalid. It is a joke. The document is a joke, but the statement is not invalid at all. Perl has no problem with year 2013 (or 2014 or 2015 or...), and shortly, it won't have any problem with the year 2038 either.	[reply]
Re^3: 2013 year compliant (humor) by rowdog (Curate) on Apr 13, 2009 at 18:02 UTC
Unless I'm missing something, it's fine today, if you have enough bits. `$ perl -wle"print scalar gmtime 0x7FFFFFFF" Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 $ perl -wle"print scalar gmtime 0x80000000" Tue Jan 19 03:14:08 2038 $ perl -v This is perl, v5.10.0 built for x86_64-linux` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: 2013 year compliant (humor) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 13, 2009 at 19:19 UTC