[111841] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Adams)
Fri Feb 13 20:34:09 2009
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:33:56 -0600
From: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
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Once upon a time, Nathan Malynn <neito@nerdramblingz.com> said:
> Question about 2k38: Aren't most Unixoid systems using 64-bit clocks now?
Unix/POSIX systems use "time_t" to store the base time counter, which is
seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC). Most platforms still
use a 32 bit time_t for compatibility.
However, it does appear that at some point, 64 bit Linux systems
switched to a 64 bit time_t, so I can only assume others are switching
as well. Hopefully, the 32 bit systems (at least that have to count
seconds) will be mostly gone in another 29 years.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
