The answer to the UNIX 32-bit time problem

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Mon Feb 26 19:08:42 EST 2007


On 2/26/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm sure most have already seen this, but here goes:
>  http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070226&mode=classic

  Yah, that made me chuckle.  The really sick part is, I saw the
punchline coming.

  Incidentally, Y2038 problem is going to hit way more than just 'nix
systems.  'doze software uses that format extensively, too.  (There's
like 27 different system time mechanisms under 'doze, but that's one
of them.)

--  Ben


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