Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:09:51 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: rootman <rootman@xmission.com> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fwd: UNIX TIP: DATE CHANGE SEPT 9TH Message-ID: <20010710195745.H58318-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <01071017182700.00321@blackmirror.xmission.com>
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Today rootman wrote:
> The unix time() value becomes
> 10 digits for the first time on
> Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 2001
>
> For the first time in modern
> computer history, the timestamp
> will be something besides 9 digits.
> That could break things.
I have programs (in C, perl, and PHP) that have been converting
credit card expiration dates later than Aug 2001 back and forth
between ascii strings and time_t values for the past few years;
and storing the time_t value in a PostgreSQL database.
cwc=# select max(cc_exp_date) from contact_info;
max
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1117598400
(1 row)
cwc=# \q
pearl# date -r 1117598400
Wed Jun 1 00:00:00 EDT 2005
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Jack O'Neill Systems Administrator / Systems Analyst
jack@germanium.xtalwind.net Crystal Wind Communications, Inc.
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