coreutils - configure: error: The 'time_t' type stops working after January 2038, and your system appears to support a wider 'time_t'

[RobK88]

I am unable to configure and install the coreutils port on High Sierra.

configure: error: The 'time_t' type stops working after January 2038,
                   and your system appears to support a wider 'time_t'.
                   Try configuring with 'CC="/usr/bin/clang -m64"'.
                   To build with a 32-bit time_t anyway (not recommended),
                   configure with '--disable-year2038'.

Here are more details.

Grinchs-MacBook-Pro:~ grinch$ sudo port clean coreutils
--->  Cleaning coreutils
Grinchs-MacBook-Pro:~ grinch$ sudo port -v install coreutils +universal
--->  Computing dependencies for coreutils.
--->  Fetching archive for coreutils
--->  coreutils-9.1_0+universal.darwin_17.i386-x86_64.tbz2 doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/incoming/verified
--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-9.1_0+universal.darwin_17.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://ywg.ca.packages.macports.org/mirror/macports/packages/coreutils
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--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-9.1_0+universal.darwin_17.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/coreutils
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--->  Attempting to fetch coreutils-9.1_0+universal.darwin_17.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from http://fra.de.packages.macports.org/coreutils
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--->  Fetching distfiles for coreutils
--->  Verifying checksums for coreutils
--->  Checksumming coreutils-9.1.tar.xz
--->  Extracting coreutils
--->  Extracting coreutils-9.1.tar.xz
Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work" && /opt/local/bin/xz -dc '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/coreutils/coreutils-9.1.tar.xz' | /usr/bin/tar -xf - 
--->  Configuring coreutils
Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work/coreutils-9.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --program-prefix=g TIME_T_32_BIT_OK=yes 
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configure: autobuild revision... 9.1
configure: autobuild hostname... Grinchs-MacBook-Pro.local
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configure: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work/coreutils-9.1':
configure: error: The 'time_t' type stops working after January 2038,
                   and your system appears to support a wider 'time_t'.
                   Try configuring with 'CC="/usr/bin/clang -m64"'.
                   To build with a 32-bit time_t anyway (not recommended),
                   configure with '--disable-year2038'.
See `config.log' for more details
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work/coreutils-9.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --program-prefix=g TIME_T_32_BIT_OK=yes 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to configure coreutils: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/work/coreutils-9.1/config.log
Error: Failed to configure coreutils: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_sysutils_coreutils/coreutils/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe there is a bug.
Error: Processing of port coreutils failed
Grinchs-MacBook-Pro:~ grinch$