timezone stuff on 64 bit machines

Arthur David Olson ado
Wed Oct 18 20:21:19 UTC 1995


> Is there a chance of getting a 64 bit fix for the timezone stuff?

The fix is to use the fact that--at least for now--the calendar operates on
a grand 2800-year cycle:  any set of 2800 consecutive years contains exactly
1,022,679 days.  A bit of modular arithmetic will get us where we want to be.

				--ado



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