proposal: time: add infinity/neg infinity time values as min/maximums for timestamps.

[james-lawrence]

Proposal Details

intended to be min/max values for timestamps. useful as signal values, defaults, etc. there is a lot to consider here. from serialization to semantics around time.Add, Since, etc, timezones, etc. if there is interest i'd be willing to write up a more formal proposal. mostly looking to gauge interest.

[AlexanderYastrebov]

Related issue #63844

[james-lawrence]

somewhat related; inf/neg inf don't really care about the specific time; only that no time can be larger/smaller. i've found them incredibly useful for avoiding having a bunch of conditional logic in the code for where many people would use nil instead for various conditions.

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