Anders Johansson wrote: > On Friday 07 December 2007 22:03:40 Aaron Kulkis wrote: > >> 32-bit time will run out sometime in 2038. >> This gives us 31 years to convert to 64-bit time. >> > > Actually it's a signed long, which means 2147483647 seconds, or just over 68 > years. An unsigned value would be about twice that > > But since it's typedef:ed to "long", all we have to do is stop buying 32 bit > machines, the modern 64 bit systems are already safe until well after the sun > explodes in a few billion years' time :) > >
Hopefully, I'll have a 128 bit system by then. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
