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jon melrox
jon melrox

Reputation: 101

Why time_since_epoch() from a std::filesystem::file_time_type is negative?

Why does the following code output a negative number?

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#include <chrono>
#include <filesystem>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  std::cout << "Now: "
            << std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock().now().time_since_epoch().count()
            << "\n";
  return 0;
}

Output:

Now: -4818978774392359625

Upvotes: 10

Views: 1289

Answers (1)

Alan Birtles
Alan Birtles

Reputation: 36379

The epoch for libstdc++'s std::filesystem::file_time_type::clock() appears to be 2174-01-01 00:00:00 UTC therefore a negative count for current dates is not unexpected.

Upvotes: 11

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