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Years since 1900 and seven bits = breakage in 2028

14 pointsby ggooover 3 years ago

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kingcharlesover 3 years ago
I updated the Wikipedia article to reflect this coming problem. It won&#x27;t be just ISO 9660. There are tons of software out there that measures their date since 1900 - the question is how much of it uses a single signed byte?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs#Year_2028" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Time_formatting_and_storage_bu...</a>
alophawenover 3 years ago
About storing years as 11 bit. That piece is what we used to call FUD. There is no mention of any such implementation.