Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:08:56 -0700 From: Darcy Buskermolen <Darcy@ok-connect.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Year 2000 Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990419180855.0366aa50@mail.ok-connect.com>
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>> While we are on the subject, as I understand it, UNIX has a year 2038 >> problem coming up. After we get through the Y2K hurdle, shouldn't we >> start to seriously tackle the year 2038 problem? I know it seems a >> long way off, but then 2000 seemed a long way off in 1960. >> >> Just wondering if the internet will face serious problems in 2038 >> because of all the `old' unix software still running it. > >I believe the assumption is that within 30 years, UNIXs will have >moved time_t from a "long" to a "long long" (or "quad" or whatever). >Most the commercial vendors (HP-UX, Solaris) have already done this as >part of their 64-bit UNIX initiatives. Linux for example has no problems dealing with this on 64 bit processors such as the ALPHA, however on 32 bit like intel we have the 2038 rollover. FreeBSD may have this issue addressed in the Alpha version. (Anybody care to confer/deny this) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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