From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 2 08:25:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA00425 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 08:25:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00392 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 08:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA06723; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 17:20:43 +0100 (CET) To: Brian Feldman cc: Matt Curtin , sporkl@ix.netcom.com, "Steven P. Donegan" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Y2K, Y 2038? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Jan 1999 10:39:41 EST." Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 17:20:43 +0100 Message-ID: <6721.915294043@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Brian Feldman write s: >On 2 Jan 1999, Matt Curtin wrote: > >> Spike Gronim 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