Re: All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM 21 July 2001!!!

Some time in January 18th of the year 2038 methinks; and aint it 2**31. ( 2,147,483,648 secs. ).

BTW what I refered to was the UNIX timestamp turning a billion at Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 2001.
This may cause one or two little hiccups.

George Barbour.

"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote in message news:3b5561d5.1510604_at_news-server...
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:44:28 +0100, "George Barbour"
> <george.barbour_at_gecm.com> wrote:
>
> >Mind you the unix time() value becomes 10 digits for the first time on
 Sun
> >Sep 9 01:46:40 2001
> >Maybe tis that to which he refers.
> >
>
> So, how long we got b4 it blows the 2**32 limit?
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 06:22:58 CDT