"Casper H.S. Dik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What I advocated in 1998 when people were talking about the Y2K
>> problem
>>was a new time standard for computers that wouldn't break in 2038 and
>>could
>>properly handle leap seconds. However, on most current operating systems,
>>it's impossible even today to build code that will work in 2070.
> Solaris 64 bit applications should withstand that test of time.
> (The current OS does not because it comes with many 32 bit
> applications, but applications build now in 64 bit mode have no
> 32 bit time issues)
This doesn't help people who have applications that can't easily be
ported to a 64-bit environment. However, I suppose it is good that you can
develop new code that should stand the test of time.
DS
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