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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.


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