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>>>>> "Thaths" == thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thaths> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:31:09 +0530, ravi ndran
Thaths> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> we all know "Linux kernel maintains time from the midnight of
>> january 1 1970 .what is the SIGNIFICANCE OF 1970.
Thaths> I don't think the year 1970 has any significance. I think
Thaths> it was quite arbitraily chosen considering the dates that
Thaths> needed to be represented in computers.
It was chose arbitrarily, and it's called the Epoch.
>> 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.
Thaths> It is a problem that is not unique to Linux. Other OS-es
Thaths> have the issue too. Also, (someone correct me if I am
Thaths> wrong), it is not a problem with 64-bit Linux.
We WILL have a problem with 64-bit time_t too -- it's going to wrap
around sometime around AD 300,000,000,000. Damn, must code my Hello
World to handle that!
Regards,
- -- Raju
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