如果您有 64 位系统,例如 Mac OS X(使用 10.11 El Capitan),则可以:
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main(void)
{
int y1 = 27440;
int m1 = 5;
int d1 = 1;
int y2 = 5660;
int m2 = 1;
int d2 = 24;
struct tm tm1 = { .tm_year = y1 - 1900, .tm_mon = m1 - 1, .tm_mday = d1 };
struct tm tm2 = { .tm_year = y2 - 1900, .tm_mon = m2 - 1, .tm_mday = d2 };
time_t t1 = mktime(&tm1);
time_t t2 = mktime(&tm2);
size_t dt = t1 - t2; // Dodgy assignment…I get away with it, but…
char buffer[128];
strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm1);
printf("t1 = %20s\n", buffer);
strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm2);
printf("t2 = %20s\n", buffer);
printf("t1 = %" PRIdMAX "\n", (intmax_t)t1);
printf("t2 = %" PRIdMAX "\n", (intmax_t)t2);
printf("dt = %zu seconds\n", dt);
printf("dt = %zu hours\n", dt / 3600);
printf("dt = %zu days\n", dt / (24 * 3600));
return 0;
}
我得到的输出是:
t1 = 27440-05-01 00:00:00
t2 = 5660-01-24 00:00:00
t1 = 803766009600
t2 = 116447184000
dt = 687318825600 seconds
dt = 190921896 hours
dt = 7955079 days
试图回顾过去,事情并不是那么好。将两个年份值除以 10 收益率:
t1 = 2744-05-01 00:00:00
t2 = 0566-01-24 00:00:00
t1 = 24435504000
t2 = -1
dt = 24435504001 seconds
dt = 6787640 hours
dt = 282818 days
注意-1 表示错误;系统不愿意使用第一个千年中的日期(这使得dt 的计算不准确)。 AFAICT,在 Mac 上,mktime() 不会比 32 位有符号值更早回溯——它接受 1902-01-01 但拒绝 1901-01-01。 32 位限制为:
-2147483647 = Fri Dec 13 12:45:53 1901 (US/Pacific)
测试代码:
static int test_year(int year)
{
struct tm tm1 = { .tm_year = year - 1900, .tm_mon = 0, .tm_mday = 1 };
time_t t1 = mktime(&tm1);
return (t1 != -1);
}
static void early_year(void)
{
int y_lo = 566;
int y_hi = 1902;
assert(test_year(y_lo) == 0);
assert(test_year(y_hi) == 1);
while (y_lo != y_hi)
{
int y_md = (y_lo + y_hi) / 2;
printf("lo = %4d; hi = %4d; md = %4d\n", y_lo, y_hi, y_md);
if (test_year(y_md) == 0)
y_lo = y_md + 1;
else
y_hi = y_md - 1;
}
printf("Valid back to %4d\n", y_lo);
}
调用该代码的结果:
lo = 566; hi = 1902; md = 1234
lo = 1235; hi = 1902; md = 1568
lo = 1569; hi = 1902; md = 1735
lo = 1736; hi = 1902; md = 1819
lo = 1820; hi = 1902; md = 1861
lo = 1862; hi = 1902; md = 1882
lo = 1883; hi = 1902; md = 1892
lo = 1893; hi = 1902; md = 1897
lo = 1898; hi = 1902; md = 1900
lo = 1901; hi = 1902; md = 1901
Valid back to 1902
YMMV,俗话说;这将取决于您正在使用的系统。请注意,时间越往后走,时钟和日历就越不可靠。忽略 1712 年 2 月 30 日(在瑞典)这样的细节,你会得到 1584 到 20 世纪之间的各种日期,这些日期是各国从儒略历转换为公历的日期(1752 年是英国及其殖民地的转换日期,例如)。人们通常向后应用“公历”。