Hey, I have a brilliant idea. Why not just drop the century and simply
store the last two digits of the year? These programs are still going to be
in use in 2100 surely...?
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Subject: Re: [DUG]: Next Y2K like crisis
> Cause one way to store the day is to record how long it has been since a
> certain day. In 2047 the 32 bit number is going to be to big to record but
> hopefully by then they will be able to use 64 bit and go on for millions
of
> years to come. This is the way linux stores the date and is why it will
have a
> lot less y2k problems than windows.
>
> Quoting Nic Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > \'cos you used 10 bits to represent the year, and the other few for the
> > month and day (tho I can\'t quite work out how in the 2 mins I have to
> > reply
> > to this :) )
> >
> > ??
> >
> > N
> >
> > Rohit Gupta wrote:
> > >
> > > Just an observation from one of my very old apps. The next Y2K
> > > like crisis is on 2047. Can anyone figure out why ? :-)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Rohit
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