Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:52:14 -0800 From: erich@powerwareintl.com (Eric Harley) To: Ade Barkah <mbarkah@hemi.com>, tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: seanb012@sunbeach.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Year 2000 time change(Format support) Message-ID: <v01530502aef610764822@[207.104.16.94]>
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At 6:27 PM 1/5/97, Ade Barkah wrote:
>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.
>
AHHH!!!!! THE BIT BUCKETS GOING TO BLOW!!
Eric
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