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[Brian Cluff]

How many bits that are used for time has little to do with how many bits 
the processor has.  There is still plenty of software that has their 
time hard coded to use 32bits even if it's running on a 64bit processor.
It's seems like it's not so much the desktops and servers we have to 
worry about, but all the 32 bit embedded systems, old file formats and 
things like buildings and cars that tend to get stuck with whatever they 
were deployed with, that are going to hurt us.

https://lwn.net/Articles/717076/

I don't think it's going to be a big deal though... but who knows, we 
could be in for a surprise.

Brian Cluff

On 12/27/2017 09:39 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> In my wildest imagination, I can't conceive of a situation in which 32
> bit computers are still used in 2038. And if there are still 32 bit
> computers in use, our society probably has much worse problems than a
> date flipover could ever produce.