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Time functions (potential problem?)

ByteMe95 · 2000-07-12T06:31:58

Hey, I just read the post "Time...days" and it got me thinking. time() and/or timeGetTime() reutnr the number of milliseconds from 1970, right? A few questions: When exactly does it count from, 12:00AM jan. 1st 1970? And I know timeGetTime() returns the millseconds in a long format. Wont the number of milliseconds pass the highest value that a long could store at some point in time. Let''s see, a long could hold up to about 2 trillion (when signed). The number of seconds so far should be around 1 trillion seconds (I think my calculations might be off) Anyway, my final question is wont this function become unusable after a certian amount of years pass? Maybe it''ll cause some kind of Y2K type problem in the future. What do you guys think

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Started by ByteMe95 July 06, 2000 10:46 AM

10 comments, last by ByteMe95 24 years, 6 months ago

Julio

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July 11, 2000 03:19 PM

well, most games made now will (hopefully) be very outdated by then. there will probably be a solution by then.

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CMN

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July 12, 2000 06:29 AM

If it rolls over every 48 days that would make a game go backwards if it uses GetTickCount() to compute the advancement of each object.

But since GetTickCount() doesn't return a signed value it probarbly won't.

But man, THAT would be SOOOO cool.

I think I'm going to make a GetTickCount()-wrapper that can return signed values just to see this happen.

/CMN

Edited by - CMN on July 12, 2000 7:31:57 AM

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