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Bug (Unix Epoch Y2k)

2 pointsby mhasbiniover 5 years ago

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simonblackover 5 years ago
Storm in a teacup. It&#x27;s (pretty much) just a matter of increasing the number of bits in the epoch-counter, and a recompile.<p>In fact, just adding ONE more bit to the epoch-counter would put off any problems for another 68 years. TWO extra bits and it delays any problems for another 200 years at least.<p><i>Doubling</i> the number of bits (32 to 64) puts off the problem for MILLIONS of years.<p>[And I don&#x27;t think that humans will still be around by then.]