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Re:Germany lays out a path to quit coal by 2038 by jcranmer on Saturday January 26, 2019 @07:16PM (#19009477)
No, it rolls over to 1901. time_t is a signed value, and 2038 is when it rolls over from 2³¹ - 1 to -2³¹. That would be 2 billion seconds before 1970, or 1901.
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