I also was around for this but my favourite thing about it wasn't the resignation of "it wasn't a big deal" from the public but the mockery of people at the tim

I also was around for this but my favourite thing about it wasn't the resignation of "it wasn't a big deal" from the public but the mockery of people at the time talking about 2038 as alarmist nutjobs. It was not going to be a issue in 2038 because we'd all be running 64 bit quantum computers by then. 18 years away now and an absolute ton of affected systems are still out there and mission critical. These type pf issues, from Corona to 2038 to climate change, always remind me of that Homer Simpson quote. "Pfft, that's a problem for future Homer. Man I don't envy that guy."