Wunderlich, Thomas wrote:
>  Hello Tcl-guys,
>  has Tom right? Do I need the next version step?

It is possible.

This looks like the Y2038 problem you get with 32bit clock values, overflowing 
the range for such integers.

IIRC in Tcl 8.5 the clock values can become wideint, i.e. 64bit, preventing the 
overflow.


>  Thanks and greetings, Thomas
>  
>      -----Original Message-----
>      *From:* Tom Krehbiel [mailto:krehbiel.tom@[...].com]
>      *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:20 PM
>      *To:* Wunderlich, Thomas
>      *Subject:* Re: [Activetcl] highest allowed clock value?
>  
>      Works ok for me
>  
>      sbin) 50 % clock format [clock scan {2073-12-31}]
>      Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 -0700 2073
>      (sbin) 51 % info patchlevel
>      8.5.7
>  
>      You may have a version issue.
>  
>      tomk
>  
>      On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Wunderlich, Thomas
>      <Thomas.Wunderlich@[...].com <mailto:Thomas.Wunderlich@[...].com>> wrote:
>  
>          Hello,
>  
>          do anybody know how the highest value for the clock command is?
>          I tried the command "clock scan {2073-12-31}" and get an error
>          message (unable to convert date-time string).  Depends this on
>          my system and/or plattform? I've Windows XP 2002 Prof. SP3, 32Bit
>          on a Pentium 4 CPU, and use ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.4.19.2 with
>          TclDevKit 5.1.
>          Is there a chance to get bigger dates than 2037-12-31
>          (= 2145826800) ? How? Why does it don't run?
>  
>          Thank You all verry much,
>          Thomas
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     Andreas Kupries <andreas@[...].com> 
     Developer @    <http://www.activestate.com/> 
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