Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:07:58 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell the world about Year 2000 Compliance Message-ID: <199711191807.LAA05380@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971119152934.14760C-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971119152934.14760C-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>
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> Finally, what's being done (if any?) to insure that FreeBSD _IS_ and > _REMAINS_ Year 2000 compliant... e.g. New packages/ports etc. The non-use of Cobol. :) Seriously, almost all unix programs store times/date as milliseconds since 1970, so they don't have a Y2K problem, but they have the Year 2038 problem. However, it's hoped that by the time this comes about the number used to store the time will be bumped to a much bigger #, making the problem go away. However, if that doesn't happen *OR* the programs in question aren't recompiled, the problem will be the same for them in 2038. However, by then I won't care since I'll be old and grey. :) :) :) Nate
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