No matter how many bits you throw at a computer it will never solve the
problem of only using double digits to represent a date. Doing that
will always run into problems eventually.
I believe you may be thinking of the UNIX time problem where time
represented using a signed 32bit number would run out some time in the
year 2038.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Brian Cluff
On 03/07/2015 01:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> "Double digit dates from this century will become the y2.1k problem some
> day :)"
>
> I read that it was fixed with 64 bit computing.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
> You need to specify the century part of the year as well, otherwise
> touch assumes you mean the current century.
>
> Double digit dates from this century will become the y2.1k problem
> some day :)
>
> Try:
> touch -t 196709131010 filename
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 03/07/2015 11:59 AM, joe@actionline.com
> <mailto:joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
> How can I set the date on some old files from
> the 60's, 70's, and 80's?
> When I use touch -t 6709131010 filename
> for the date September 13, 1967, the date
> shows up as September 13, 2067.
>
>
>
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