On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:31:09 +0530, ravi ndran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> we all know "Linux kernel maintains time from the
> midnight of january 1 1970 .what is the SIGNIFICANCE
> OF 1970.
I don't think the year 1970 has any significance. I think it was quite
arbitraily chosen considering the dates that needed to be represented
in computers.
> moreover i read one article stating "if the
> time value is stored as a 32 bit integer in the
> hardware,then somewhere around 2038 Linux will have
> timing problems.this is not a y2k problem...but it is
> a problem in Linux.friends..please explain clearly
> about these two things.
It is a problem that is not unique to Linux. Other OS-es have the
issue too. Also, (someone correct me if I am wrong), it is not a
problem with 64-bit Linux.
Thaths
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