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  1. OMG Issue

DDSIRTP23 — InfoTimestamp dates past 2038

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  • Key: DDSIRTP23-70
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Object Computing, Inc. - OCI ( Mr. Adam Mitz)
  • Summary:

    The seconds portion of the Time_t structure used for InfoTimestamp is limited to 32 bits, so it can't represent dates past 2038.
  • Reported: DDSI-RTPS 2.2 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:22 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — DDSI-RTPS 2.3
  • Disposition Summary:

    Update Time_t to have an unsigned seconds field

    To support time stamps past the year 2038. the type of the seconds member in Time_t has been updated from a signed integer to unsigned. This will not rollover until the year 2106.
  • Updated: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:38 GMT