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Re: [PLUG] History is 1/2 over on Saturday
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:58:30PM -0500, Bob Schwier wrote:
> Wow.
> As I don't expect to be alive when Unix dies, my sympathies to you
> young bloods.
> bs
>
>
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Mark Dominus wrote:
>
> >
> > Unix systems store times as the total number of seconds elapsed since
> > midnight, 1 January 1970. Typically, this value is stored as a 32-bit
> > signed integer, which has a range from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
> >
> > This range extends to 22:14:07 on Monday, 18 January 2038, at which
> > time the universe will come to an end.
> >
> > Next Saturday, 10 January, at 8:37:04, is exactly halfway between the
> > zero point in 1970, and the apocalypse in 2038. At this moment, the
> > Unix epoch will be exactly half over.
> >
> > Happy birthday!
> >
> >
Well, I'm not sure myself (2038 - 1953 = ... oh, nevermind)
but since we have TONS of warning on this I suspect that the problem
will be solved LONG before the date arrives.
Eric
--
# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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