2016

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Fri Jan 1 19:45:39 MST 2016


On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 18:32:16 -0700
Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> We are now almost half way, starting from y2k, to the 2038 problem
> where we could see some real Y2K like problems when the older UNIX
> machines run out of time its and make everything become 1901.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
> 
> Brian Cluff

Will anyone still be using 32 bit Unix/Linux/BSD by 2038? If I'm not
mistaken, on a 64 bit machine we have enough seconds to last us long
beyond the probable extinction of the human species.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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     of the Successful Technologist
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