[111853] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Happy 1234567890 everyone!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sachs, Marcus Hans (Marc))
Sat Feb 14 08:09:05 2009
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:09:14 -0500
In-Reply-To: <8763jdkw9z.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
From: "Sachs, Marcus Hans (Marc)" <marcus.sachs@verizon.com>
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
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What about embedded systems (I'm thinking PCS, SCADA, ICS, etc.) that =
run a micro version of *nix? Wonder how many of them will still be warm =
but confused in January of 2038?=20
Marc
-----Original Message-----
From: Florian Weimer [mailto:fw@deneb.enyo.de]=20
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:01 AM
To: Mark Andrews
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone!
* Mark Andrews:
> In message =
<ef3daad70902131706x2277ac5fp5cc243ffff354998@mail.gmail.com>, Nathan =
Malynn writes:
>> Question about 2k38: Aren't most Unixoid systems using 64-bit clocks =
now?
>
> No. Even if they were you have 32 bit timestamps in lots
> of things that have to be handled even if time/time64 returns
> a 64 bit timestamp.
Those values can often be interpreted as unsigned, so we get another
68 years. By then, hopefully, the required protocol updates can be
fully automated.
