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I like unix time. But its not perfect either. Soon we will have a new y2k problem where unix time can no longer fit into an integer. Anyone remember the y2k pro
by z3t4 8y ago
I like unix time. But its not perfect either. Soon we will have a new y2k problem where unix time can no longer fit into an integer. Anyone remember the y2k problem ? People predicted major catastrophes as the year was encoded with two digits. But no one is talking about unix time.
- tombert 8y agoThis will certainly be a problem for older apps, but anything I've done in the last 10 years I've been dev'ing, literally every library I've used for Unix time uses a 64 bit integer, which should last for a few million years.
- z3t4 8y agoSome programming languages still don't have 64 bit integers!
- feedbeef 8y agoI wonder what kind of fallout will come from the year 2038 problem [1]. It appears the Deep Impact space probe was lost to a 32-bit clock rollover bug, which portends some level of disaster come 2038. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem