The type of time_t (was: struct tm -> time_t converter wanted)

[Dave Decot]

> There's nothing to prevent time_t from being typedef'd to unsigned long int,
> which would double the range.  (Also, it would not surprise me if by 2038
> there were no serious machines with only 32 bits in a long int.)

In fact, the last time I checked, time_t was erquired to be an "arithmetic"
type, not necessarily an integral type.  So, you could use double to
implement it, correct?

Dave