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   Andrew Leary to Oli   
   Unixtime in M_GOT frames   
   10 Nov 19 04:16:58   
   
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   Hello Oli!   
      
   10 Nov 19 09:35, you wrote to me:   
      
    AL>> Incidentally, I discovered that the timestamp of that file on   
    AL>> disk was showing as November 25, 1961, so it should be a negative   
    AL>> value. Converting the decimal to hex yields FFFF FFFF F0C4 3650,   
    AL>> which in 2's complement notation is -255576496.  A quick Unix   
    AL>> time conversion results in Sat 25 Nov 1961 10:31:44 PM UTC.   
    AL>> Therefore, it appears that the value is a correct 64-bit Unixtime   
    AL>> for the file timestamp as it was on disk.   
      
    Ol> I didn't expect that SIOREG.ZIP is that old ;-). It makes more sense   
      
   It's not.  The file had a timestamp of 01-01-1998 on my OS/2 system; somehow    
   the timestamp got grunged when I sent it over to the Linux machine using binkd    
   1.1a-99/OS2.  I just tried sending it again, and the same timestamp corruption    
   occurred.   
      
    Ol> now. The question is which of the two mailers doesn't handle the   
    Ol> negative unix timestamp well.   
      
   Yes, and also the 64-bit vs. 32-bit question.  I'll work on further testing    
   today.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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