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Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone!
From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:01:12 +0100
* 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.
Current thread:
- Happy 1234567890 everyone! Steve Church (Feb 13)
- Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone! Ravi Pina (Feb 13)
- Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone! Wayne E. Bouchard (Feb 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone! Florian Weimer (Feb 14)
- RE: Happy 1234567890 everyone! Sachs, Marcus Hans (Marc) (Feb 14)
- Re: Happy 1234567890 everyone! Ravi Pina (Feb 13)