Merge branch '0.4.x' into 0.5.0.x

[novacoin.git] / src / util.h

diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 19a2912..34cceca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ typedef u_int SOCKET;
 #define Beep(n1,n2)         (0)
 inline void Sleep(int64 n)
 {
-    boost::thread::sleep(boost::get_system_time() + boost::posix_time::milliseconds(n));
+    /*Boost has a year 2038 problem— if the request sleep time is past epoch+2^31 seconds the sleep returns instantly.
+      So we clamp our sleeps here to 10 years and hope that boost is fixed by 2028.*/
+    boost::thread::sleep(boost::get_system_time() + boost::posix_time::milliseconds(n>315576000000LL?315576000000LL:n));
 }
 #endif