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DateFri, 19 Jun 1998 12:52:41 -0400 (EDT)
FromMathieu Bouchard <>
SubjectRe: Y2K
> Neither the kernel nor the C runtime library cares anything about
> the year 2000. It is just a number presented for humans to read as
> the internal time is parsed into ss:mm:hh:mm:dd:yyyy, etc.
> Problems will occur at (I think I remember) the year 2054 because
> the time_t integer is not large enough. By that time, we should all have
> 256-bit machines so the problem should go away.

precisely, when i was asked the same question, i calculated this and it
is yr 2038, at which time unix will probably be forbidden. just by going
to unsigned we could extend it to 2106, but going to 64-bit would last
until yr 292,057,778,098, which should be ok for most uses.

matju



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