From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7b69a8818c20ab9f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Jeff Creem" Subject: Re: Y21C Bug Date: 2000/01/03 Message-ID: <84q227$msb$1@pyrite.mv.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 567714736 References: <84nqbo$q28$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <84o0g2$u8v$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <84pvrs$7q1@ftp.kvaerner.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mv.com X-Trace: pyrite.mv.net 946899847 23435 199.125.99.104 (3 Jan 2000 11:44:07 GMT) Organization: MV Communications, Inc. X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Jan 2000 11:44:07 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-01-03T11:44:07+00:00 List-Id: Tarjei T. Jensen wrote in message news:84pvrs$7q1@ftp.kvaerner.com... > > Robert Dewar wrote > > > >Note by contrast that when the Unix date runs out of 32 bits, > >this will cause QUITE a bit of disruption to existing programs > >and be quite a bit more difficult to fix. > > > > > Only if there are any 32 bit unixes around at that time - 2038. Many of us > reading this will not be around then :-(. As far as I know all 64 bit unixes > uses a time_t size of 64 bit. > > Greetings, Yes what are the chances that any 32 machine will be around then. That is as ridiculous as some old Cobol code written in the 70's being around in the year 2000......Oh wait...Dooh! Jeff