On Fri, 13 May 2005, Srinivas G. wrote:
Tuesday, January 19 2038. Time: 03:14:07 GMT. If Linux programmers get
nightmares, it's about this date and time. Immediately after that second
is crossed, current computer systems running on Linux will grind to a
halt or go into a loop. This will trip up a lot of databases. No, this
is not another hoax raised by some anti-Linux lobby. It is Linux's own
Y2K nightmare, says Businessworld.
[SNIPPED...]
It's simply not true. It's more FUD. Look at the date on this email.
Also, calculating 30-year mortgages doesn't use time_t. Code certianly
doesn't set the time 30 years ahead to see what the cost is. It's
just FUD.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush.
98.36% of all statistics are fiction.
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