Re: All computers in the world MUST sync with ATOMIC clock before 12:00 AM 21 July 2001!!!
From: Andrew Mobbs <andrewm_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: 18 Jul 2001 12:29:32 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: <m4i*hZv1o_at_news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: 18 Jul 2001 12:29:32 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: <m4i*hZv1o_at_news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote:
>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?
[Quoted] 2^31 actually, as it's signed. 19th January 2038 is the day to worry.
I've already seen some problems first-hand, like somebody who tried to set password expiry dates 50 years in the future.
-- Andrew Mobbs - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~andrewm/Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 13:29:32 CEST