On Fri, 04 Feb 2000, "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Michael,
> Insight has a _Major_ date handling problem.
> On 19 Jan, 2038 at 03:14:15 Insight reverts to 01 Jan, 1970 at 00:00:00
> All messages created after this date/time get the same date/time stamp.
> The big question is..... Can you fix this in time????
> After-all, we have less than 38 years before the Y2038_BUG hits us.<vbg>
This is a known problem with C which I discovered when researching the
Y2K bug. The variable in C used to track the time (think it is the number
of seconds elapsed since 1st Jan 1970) will roll over to 0 in 2038
(which the software of course thinks is 1st Jan 1970)
So a lot of software written in C (which includes Linux or Eudora
(see Eudora's Y2K page) ) will have this problem which
includes Insight since it is written in Borland C.
I am not sure if there has been any solution yet since everyone was
working on Y2K. Does anyone knows of any website discussing solutions
to this problem or the problem in detail like the Y2K sites?
Dev Teelucksingh
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Interesting DOS programs page at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave
