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  "path": "/t/instant-past-value-constant/24297#post_1",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T18:26:01.000Z",
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  "textContent": "I often find that it would be useful to have a value for `Instant` which is some arbitrary point in time which is guaranteed to be in the past. On Linux (which I know most about), this should be doable by just creating `Timespec::zero()`, but I don't know enough about the other platforms, is there something about those that prevents this constant from existing?",
  "title": "`Instant::PAST_VALUE` constant?"
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