On Mar 17, 2007, at 11:27 AM, John Weller wrote:
> I think you missed part of the original post which was along the
> lines of
> 'What will happen in 2032'
Nothing at all unusual.
However, in 2038 there will be a problem with most POSIX systems and
many C programs that use the POSIX time representation of the number
of seconds since January 1, 1970. 32-bit systems will run out of the
ability to represent such times on January 19, 2038. This is similar
to the Y2K problem in that the original designers of such systems
never imagined things lasting that far into the future.
The end result is that any 32-bit systems still being used in 2038
will have to have their software modified to use a different time
representation. Any system that has moved to 64-bit or above will not
have any problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
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