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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> > The Friday 2007-11-30 at 22:22 -0600, Bryen wrote:
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> > > On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 05:00 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > > > rpm -q -a --queryformat "%{INSTALLTIME}\t%{INSTALLTIME:day} \
> > > >     %{BUILDTIME:day} %-30{NAME}\t%15{VERSION}-%-7{RELEASE} \
> > > >     %25{PACKAGER}\n" | sort | less -S
> > >
> > > That's very cool.  What does the first column represent?  I'm assuming
> > > it is install time based on unix time?
> >
> > Some internal time representation, I think seconds from certain date
> > which I think is called unix time, yes.
>
> Unix Time starts with t=0 seconds at
> 00:00, between 31 Dec 1969 and 01 Jan 1970,
> which is also knows as "the epoch."
>
> System time is an unsigned 32-bit number representing
> the number of seconds since "the epoch."
>
> 32-bit time will run out sometime in 2038.

Oh no!!!  What happens when we run out of time???  Will the universe
end???  ;-)


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