New Limits for SetFileDate with PB6.10

[juergenkulow]

Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon 5.4.12:

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SetFileDate("/tmp/a.out", #PB_Date_Modified, Date(2446,5,11,0,38,56))
; kulow@kulow-G73Jw:/tmp$ ls --full-time
; -rwxrwxr-x 1 kulow    kulow     18720 2446-05-11 00:38:55.000000000 +0200 a.out

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SetFileDate("/tmp/a.out", #PB_Date_Modified, Date(1901,12,13,21,45,51))
; -rwxrwxr-x 1 kulow    kulow     18720 1901-12-13 21:45:52.000000000 +0100 a.out

What are the limits of the other operating systems?

[Sicro]

This depends on the file system used:

• NTFS (Windows): 01.01.1601 to 28.05.60056
• exFAT (Windows): 01.01.1980 to 31.12.2107
• ext2 (Linux): 14.12.1901 to 18.01.2038
• ext3 (Linux): 14.12.1901 to 18.01.2038
• ext4 (Linux): 14.12.1901 to 10.05.2446
• APFS (Apple): 01.01.1970 to 21.07.2554

In the Wikipedia articles, this information is given on the right side at "date range":

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_File_System