Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:20:43 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net>, sporkl@ix.netcom.com, "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Y2K, Y 2038? Message-ID: <6721.915294043@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Jan 1999 10:39:41 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021035130.13070-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021035130.13070-100000@janus.syracuse.net>, Brian Feldman write s: >On 2 Jan 1999, Matt Curtin wrote: > >> Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com> writes: >> >> > In 2038 32 bit systems are going to run out of room to keep counting >> > seconds. This is 38 years off, and will hopefully be fixed by then. >> >> We'll run out of seconds on 32 bit systems well before 38 years from >> now. Consider that some banks are now offering 35 year mortgages, and >> that it will be necessary to perform date calculations to the end of >> those loans. I know of no banks who use seconds in the calculation of their mortgages, much less any doing it with a time_t in the first place. I'm not even worried about Tue Jan 19 04:14:07 CET 2038, because I'll be busy getting a good nights sleep before the day before my 72nd birthday, and I think anybody who is worried about it at this point need a better grip on reality and history. Hint #1: http://www.bs2000.com/talos/7090.htm Hint #2: 2000 - 38 = 1962 Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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