`Instant::PAST_VALUE` constant?
Rust Internals [Unofficial]
May 12, 2026
I think it would make sense to use a different definition: Instant::MIN. This would be always the earliest representable instant, so there is no arbitrary choice. It would be useful in more situations, such as the start of a range of instants, or guards against numeric overflow.
It would have to be documented as platform-specific, and not guaranteed to remain the same on each platform, of course.
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