Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:26:51 +0100 (CET) From: Leif Neland <leif@swimsuit.internet.dk> To: Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net> Cc: sporkl@ix.netcom.com, "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Y2K, Y 2038? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901022324540.395-100000@arnold.swimsuit.internet.dk> In-Reply-To: <xlxzp81pzrp.fsf@gold.cis.ohio-state.edu>
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On 2 Jan 1999, Matt Curtin wrote: > Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com> writes: > > > In 2038 32 bit systems are going to run out of room to keep counting > > seconds. This is 38 years off, and will hopefully be fixed by then. > > We'll run out of seconds on 32 bit systems well before 38 years from > now. Consider that some banks are now offering 35 year mortgages, and > that it will be necessary to perform date calculations to the end of > those loans. > > The wishful thinking about it being "fixed by then" is common, but > doesn't really fly. Fixing the problem in the OS isn't a *huge* deal. > (One could change the time() to return a 64 bit value.) The result, > of course, would be dealing with all of the software that expects > time() to return a 32 bit value. Well, instead of changing time(), another function ltime() could be made, which returned 64 bit value instead. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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