Home/ Questions/Q 7850953
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-02T19:02:44+00:00

On iOS 4.3 Simulator, the following code returns a very small number: 1e-700 on

  • 0

On iOS 4.3 Simulator, the following code returns a very small number: 1e-700 on GCC 4.2, but works as expected on LLVM-GCC 4.2. Any ideas?

NSDate *selectedDate = self.datepicker.date; // guaranteed to be before now
NSTimeInterval interval = [nowDate timeIntervalSinceDate:selectedDate];

these values change with each run, but here is an example set of output

selectedDate: 1981-06-02 16:27:34 +0000

nowDate: 2011-08-03 05:18:36 +0000

interval: 5.489011535689859e-277

running [nowDate timeIntervalSinceDate:selectedDate] in GDB: 952001462.97236204 (this is my expected value)

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    This might be a bug with GCC. I think you should fill a bug report and see what Apple has to say.

    • 0