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2038 is only 14 years away - and there’s plenty of 32-bit systems still around (including those using 32-bit timestamps). For example, a system I built back in
by DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
2038 is only 14 years away - and there’s plenty of 32-bit systems still around (including those using 32-bit timestamps). For example, a system I built back in 2011 which controls an Asterisk v11 box is still running, literally unmodified, in production (and it needs restarting by cron job every few days) and I suspect it’s still going to be there in 14 years’ time too.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoI found it fascinating that the first signs of the problem started cropping up in 2008, because of 30-year mortgages.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoFor me, it was because of John Titor