From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 5 17:28:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA27788 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:28:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hemi.com (hemi.com [204.132.158.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA27781 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 17:28:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mbarkah@localhost) by hemi.com (8.8.4/8.7.3) id SAA09224; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:27:42 -0700 (MST) From: Ade Barkah Message-Id: <199701060127.SAA09224@hemi.com> Subject: Re: Year 2000 time change(Format support) To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:27:41 -0700 (MST) Cc: seanb012@sunbeach.net, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Tom Samplonius at "Jan 5, 97 05:10:12 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > Is FreeBSD ready for the year 2000 time change and > > what are the effects if the support for this format > > isn't implemented asap with the OS? ... > > (Sunbeach) > > UNIX is mostly immune. Specific applications may not be. This really > isn't an os issue at all. How about the year 2038 problem, then ? =-) I believe time_t overflows then. -Ade ------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - -------------------------------------------------------------------