unix.uvic.ca can't generate timestamps before Dec 14, 1901

Posted by on 15 Aug 2011 in Notes

The unix.uvic.ca machines - at least, the ones I've used - have a 32-bit architecture. Because of this, PHP's timestamp handling is limited from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT (see http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php ). 64-bit architecture allows for basically limitless timestamps.

This limitation poses a problem because the Bailey data importer deals exclusively with dates before 1901.

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Capital Trials at the Old Bailey

Simon Devereaux has approximately 10,000 records of people convicted in potentially capital cases between 1710 and 1840 in London heard at the Old Bailey court. This project will create a web-based database which will allow interested researchers and members of the public to compose queries on that data (e.g. women charged with robbery 1710-1720). It must be able to support a range of queries and produce output allowing researchers to identify trends in judicial practice over that time.