In kernel source tree 'fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h', there defined inode timestamps as 'xfs_legacy_timestamp' if the 'bigtime' feature disabled, and also defined the min and max time constants 'XFS_LEGACY_TIME_MIN' and 'XFS_LEGACY_TIME_MAX' as below: /* fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h begin */ struct xfs_legacy_timestamp { __be32 t_sec; /* timestamp seconds */ __be32 t_nsec; /* timestamp nanoseconds */ }; #define XFS_LEGACY_TIME_MIN ((int64_t)S32_MIN) #define XFS_LEGACY_TIME_MAX ((int64_t)S32_MAX) /* fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h end */ /* include/linux/limits.h begin */ #define U32_MAX ((u32)~0U) #define S32_MAX ((s32)(U32_MAX >> 1)) #define S32_MIN ((s32)(-S32_MAX - 1)) /* include/linux/limits.h end */ When the 't_sec' and 't_nsec' are 0, the time value it represents is 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, the 'XFS_LEGACY_TIME_MIN', that is -(2^31), represents the min second offset relative to the 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, it can be converted to human-friendly time value by 'date' command: /* command begin */ [root@~]# date --utc -d '@0' +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' 1970-01-01 00:00:00 [root@~]# date --utc -d "@`echo '-(2^31)'|bc`" +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' 1901-12-13 20:45:52 [root@~]# /* command end */ That is, the min time value is 1901-12-13 20:45:52 UTC, but the 'design/XFS_Filesystem_Structure/timestamps.asciidoc' write the min time value as 'The smalle st date this format can represent is 20:45:52 UTC on December 31st', there should be a typo, and this patch correct 2 places of wrong min time value, from '31st' to '13st'. Signed-off-by: Xiaole He <hexiaole@kylinos.cn> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>