Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:39:23 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: rootman <rootman@xmission.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: UNIX TIP: DATE CHANGE SEPT 9TH Message-ID: <3B4B922B.6E9E3FB9@acuson.com> References: <01071017182700.00321@blackmirror.xmission.com>
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rootman wrote: > The unix time() value becomes > 10 digits for the first time on > Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 2001 > > For the first time in modern > computer history, the timestamp > will be something besides 9 digits. > That could break things. This would affect FreeBSD as well, but I don't think it's a big deal. Every Unix program I have seen uses and stores the time in a time_t or long int variable. It would be a big problem if some program decided to store it in a 10 char string or something similar. There may be some applications that are run on top of FreeBSD that might have a problem, but I doubt FreeBSD itself will have a problem. My opinion only. If you want to be sure, test it out before that date arrives. David p.s. Sometime in 2038 we might have a big problem though... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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