Happy 30 year countdown day.

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Sat Jan 19 14:42:53 EST 2008


On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:56:22 -0500
"Mark Ordung" <ordung at gmail.com> wrote:

> Y2K38 30 year countdown starts today. Be careful if you sign a mortgage.

Most financial institutions either use the 64-bit time_t or use their
own. My company uses # minutes since 1/1/1970 (or 12/31/1969 2400 to be
exact). Remember there are many instruments that exceed 30 years. 
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