Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 12:31:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD prepared for the future? Message-ID: <199605211031.MAA24049@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199605210131.LAA23659@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 21, 96 11:01:52 am
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Michael Smith writes: > > Brett Glass stands accused of saying: >> >> Just read yet another doomsaying article about the Millenium and the havoc >> it will wreak with much computer software. As I recall, D-day for UNIX >> is different -- the crisis comes a little bit into the next century. >> >> Has FreeBSD been updated so that its "seconds since the start of time" >> clock will not overflow? > > If we're still using FreeBSD in 2038, then we can worry about fixing > programs that assume that time_t is signed. Nah, those of us left in 2038 will just bump it to 64 bits. That'll be good for the next 10**11 years or so, even if we leave it signed. Greg
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