Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:35:26 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Kittridge <bkittridge@cfl.rr.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/33400: Year 2038 bug Message-ID: <200112312335.fBVNZQw14802@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 33400 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Year 2038 bug >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 31 15:40:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Kittridge >Release: 5.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD Omega 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Thu Nov 22 21:06:49 EST 2001 root@Omega:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: On Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 2038, the clock will change to Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 1901 because of the overflow of int (256^4/2). And on 5.0-CURRENT, a lot of crazy stuff with happen, and the kernel will crash with a page fault when trying to restart. >How-To-Repeat: date 203801182214.07 or ctime(2147483647) and ctime(2147483648) >Fix: Not possible. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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