public key newer than the signature

[Bill Royds]

On 10-Aug-08, at 17:04 , Charly Avital wrote:

> Command> check
> uid  Philip R. Zimmermann <prz at pgp.com>
> sig!      X  61D7341D 2003-09-07  Dave J. (Scoop0901)
> <scoop0901 at scoop0901.net>
> sig!         FAEBD5FC 2000-03-11  [self-signature]
>
>
>
> At every trustdb check, that key FAEBD5FC comes up with
> 'gpg: public key FAEBD5FC is 37319134 seconds newer than the  
> signature'
>
> Why?:
> gpg: Total number processed: 2
> gpg:              unchanged: 1
>
>
> Shouldn't it be: .....Total number processed: 1  (and not 2)?
>
> "unchanged: 1" - At every download from a key server, *two* keys are
> processed, and one of them has something new?
>
> The primary key was created on 1998-06-13 never expires.
> The encryption subkey was created 2000-03-11 never expires, and  
> there is
> a self signature dated 2000-03-11. Could that be a signature for the
> modification of the subkey's expiration date?
>
> And ...no user ID for signature... ?
>
> I have no answers, only questions.
>
> Charly


Phil Zimmerman is the developer of PGP so his key was the very first  
one issued. I wonder if there is a rollover problem with one of the  
fields in the key?