Re: January 19, 2038

[Quant-X Alpha Linux Support <stefan sime com>]

Hi !

On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:08:44PM -0500, Richard Hadsell wrote:
> Daniel J. Frasnelli wrote:
> > 
> >         Better still, just how many computers as we know them today will be
> > in use in 2038? As far as we know, Linux may disappear or evolve into another
> > effort by that time - it is dangerous to speculate on anything that far
> > ahead.  Just ask the people who predict our weather :-)
> 
> Was it those, who found it dangerous to speculate about conditions 30
> years ahead, who decided 30 years ago that 2 digits would be fine to
> represent years? ;)

At least it's silly to think about reaching 1<<63 at all before
thinking about how the time gets initialized after a reboot.
It's maybe more interesting to think about the DM-bit
of your MC146818-compatible RTC chip; just in case that you
want to turn off a machine for one or two centuries; this small
bit seems to make a difference...

-- 
  ciao -
    Stefan Traby
    Quant-X Alpha Linux Support

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