From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 5 18:43:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA01665 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:43:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from gamma.pair.com (gamma.pair.com [207.86.128.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA01660 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:43:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [207.104.16.55] (ppp-207-104-16-55.snrf01.pacbell.net [207.104.16.55]) by gamma.pair.com (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA08408; Sun, 5 Jan 1997 21:43:01 -0500 (EST) X-Envelope-To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Sender: erich@mail.powerwareintl.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:52:14 -0800 To: Ade Barkah , tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) From: erich@powerwareintl.com (Eric Harley) Subject: Re: Year 2000 time change(Format support) Cc: seanb012@sunbeach.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |Eric Harley, VP Information Systems & CIO | |Powerware International | |http://www.powerwareintl.com/ | | | |Email: eric.harley@powerwareintl.com | |Web: http://www.powerwareintl.com/staff/erich/ | |PGP: http://www.powerwareintl.com/staff/erich/pgp.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------+