[GHC] #882: Overflow bug in System.Time

#882: Overflow bug in System.Time
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    Reporter:  simonpj         |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug             |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:         
   Component:  libraries/base  |      Version:  6.4.2  
    Severity:  normal          |     Keywords:         
          Os:  Unknown         |   Difficulty:  Unknown
Architecture:  Unknown         |  
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Frederik Eaton reports: The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System,
 version 6.4.3.20060816
 {{{
 > now <- getClockTime
 > addToClockTime (TimeDiff {tdYear = 0, tdMonth = 0, tdDay = 0, tdHour =
 0, tdMin = 0, tdSec = 0, tdPicosec = 999999999999}) now
 *** Exception: Time.toClockTime: picoseconds out of range

 }}}

 This is clearly a bug.  Simon Marlow comments: System.Time is kind-of
 deprecated: the new time package is intended to supercede it, but I have
 been reluctant to really deprecate System.Time because it comes from
 Haskell98, and also because we don't have much experience with its
 replacement.

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