In message <[email protected]>,
Nathan Malynn writes:
> Question about 2k38: Aren't most Unixoid systems using 64-bit clocks now?
No. Even if they were you have 32 bit timestamps in lots
of things that have to be handled even if time/time64 returns
a 64 bit timestamp.
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Chris Adams <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Ravi Pina <[email protected]> said:
> >> Yes... that is more like the y2k38 problem on 03:14:07 UTC
> >> 2038-01-19...
> >
> > Oddly enough, the end of the current Unix epoch is a prime. Not only
> > that, it is a Mersenne prime, 2^31 - 1. Even more, it is the largest
> > known Mersenne prime where its Mersenne number (31) is also a Mersenne
> > prime (2^5 - 1).
> >
> > You can always count on numerology. This means something!
> > --
> > Chris Adams <[email protected]>
> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
> >
> >
>
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