2016

[Brian Cluff]

There's quite a few computers that are in daily use that are stuck with 
old systems that can't be upgraded, and there are a ton of embeded 
systems all over the place that don't get upgraded...  It probably won't 
be a huge deal, but I'm sure something weird will happen in 22 years.
It could be even code running on modern systems but using old libraries 
that use a 32bit date format.

Brian

On 01/01/2016 07:45 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> 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
> November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
>       of the Successful Technologist
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>