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Y2038 bug may hit Unix, Linux machines
This is a discussion on Y2038 bug may hit Unix, Linux machines within the The Hangout forums, part of the The Lounge category; Hi All: Please go through the following link for more information... http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2707.html...
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10-05-2005, 10:45 AM
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Y2038 bug may hit Unix, Linux machines
Hi All:
Please go through the following link for more information...  http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2707.html 
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i think by 2038 u will be running 64-bit box and wont worry for billions of years............
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15-05-2007, 09:33 PM
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The author is obviously trolling with the article (not the OP, the article the OP linked).
But ... I had assumed for all these years that time_t was an unsigned type; I typically use it or unsigned long for timestamps. I actually learned something when I went to disprove the article. Hmm. I never used time_t for historical dates, I've always used other types -- so I've never needed negative values. With a 32-bit unsigned integer, the value would run until 2106. And with 64 bits it runs until ... um, much later  Does anyone use negative time_t values? Oh, and doesn't DOS/FAT/MSWindows/NTFS use 32-bit numbers starting from 1900, but with 2-seconds per tick? That would make it roll over in 2037 if I'm right -- but I'm not sure ....
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30-05-2007, 04:25 AM
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