Ron, The actual answer to the question was likely already provided....that we need to move from a 32 Bit Integer field to a 64 Bit Integer field. Remedy is by no means the only system that is dealing with this issue and you are correct, they need to address it sooner than later, but I think they have somewhere in the realm of 10-15 years to address this particular problem before it becomes a serious issue for most people. Mainly because the 'Date' field DOES support dates beyond this range, and it's not likely that you will need to use a Date/Time field, which provides you what TIME on that day something needs to happen, but instead would be able to use a Date field to accomplish something so far in the future as 2038.
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Tavares Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FF: What happens to the remedy world on Jan 19, 2038? ** If I may jump in here and come back to Venkat's initial question, as I believe it is a valid concern. Remember, this is something that would impact Remedy users much sooner than 2038. If, (for example), I have a date field that documents a future event, (such as end-of-life on an asset), It is not inconceivable that I would want to submit a record today, with a future date of Jan, 20, 2038. So, I have two follow-up questions: Is this something that is unique to the AR Server environment, or are all systems that run on epoch time going to run into the same problem. How *is* BMC going to address this? Regards .ron On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Rajesh Nair <[email protected]> wrote: ** 25 years from i will be in hell looking after CI and asset inventory. Where class will be people ;-) On Sep 21, 2012 11:47 PM, "pritch" <[email protected]> wrote: But if it is around we'll be on version 22.8.51 SP10594 And I'm sure there'll be a hot fix buried somewhere we'll all have to do the archaeology thing to uncover it. Plus that's 25+ years from now - how many of us will be working with Remedy to have to worry about it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "LJ CTR MDA Longwing/IC" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:04:33 PM Subject: Re: FF: What happens to the remedy world on Jan 19, 2038? I'm pretty sure that the world ends at that moment....that is assuming that the world doesn't end on Dec 21st. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maddala, Venkat Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FF: What happens to the remedy world on Jan 19, 2038? ** AR System stores date/time values as the integer number of seconds since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970. Dates from January 1, 1970 through January 18, 2038 GMT are valid in date/time fields. Venkat Maddala http://RemediesForRemedy.com <http://remediesforremedy.com/> _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com <http://www.wwrug.com/> ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org <http://www.arslist.org/> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com <http://www.wwrug12.com/> ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org <http://www.arslist.org/> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com <http://www.wwrug12.com/> ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com <http://www.wwrug.com/> ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
