Faking Uptime

[Gary L. Wade]

Have you checked your code to make sure you're not converting an uptime (TickCount, Microseconds, etc.) calculation into milliseconds while using a signed 32-bit value?  You'll overrun a signed 32-bit value when using milliseconds at around the 24-days, 20-hour mark.  That would be the easiest thing to check before trying to put your Mac into a time warp.

>I've got a bug which manifests after 25 or so days of uptime.  
>(Probably due to a 32 bit time value rolling over.)
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>My question is: is there a way to force Mac OS X to have 25 days of  
>uptime, so I can test this?
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>David Dunham
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