Observable.timer unexpected/undocumented for large timeouts

RxJS version: 5.5.2

Code to reproduce:

Rx.Observable
    .timer(new Date(2017, 10, 28))
    .subscribe(() => {
        console.log('Immediate emit');
    });

Expected behavior:
Should emit about a month from today (Oct 27, 2017).

Actual behavior:
Emits immediately.

Additional information:
I gather the timers has a max value of 2147483647 (2^31-1), and it makes sense to have such a limitation, but I would suggest an argument check and/or a warning or note in the documentation. An error seems justified as I cannot imagine someone passing in a value greater than that an expecting a 1 ms timeout.

Start by reproducing the reported behavior with the Observable.timer call shown in the issue, then trace the Observable.timer implementation and its timeout scheduling path. Confirm how large date-based delays are handled and update the relevant behavior or documentation so the result is explicit and covered by a regression check.