Y2K type bug back in 2038?

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Read this interesting article that on 19/01/2038 PCs w/32 bit hardware might fail. I remember the Y2K scare and as a hardware supplier at the time we were pushing out boxes like there was no tomorrow, pardon the pun, and in the end what happened? Nada, so is it just scare mongering at its best? For those interested here's a link to the article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ems-not-able-cope-time-date-experts-warn.html
 
saixbot said:
Read this interesting article that on 19/01/2038 PCs w/32 bit hardware might fail. I remember the Y2K scare and as a hardware supplier at the time we were pushing out boxes like there was no tomorrow, pardon the pun, and in the end what happened? Nada, so is it just scare mongering at its best? For those interested here's a link to the article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ems-not-able-cope-time-date-experts-warn.html
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Yup, create some fear, sell some gear.
 
Is there still programs that use two digit years?
 
I'm not gonna worry about this just yet :)
20 years is still a long time to go!

Timestamp fields from programs that I use that will be affected:
- HTTPS certificates that uses UTCTime (which the majority is still using - even google) for its expiry date instead of the GeneralizedTime type
- MySQL timestamp field
- My apps that use 32-bit integer for unixtime
 
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Bios updates and sorted.

(That's how we dealt with it in 99 when I was working at UPE back then)
 
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Unix time (epoch time) rolls over in 2038. This will be a problem. I'll come out of retirement to earn bajillions fixing it.
 
These days for user PCs/ servers 64 bit has become standard. In 20+ years time maybe we will have 128bit systems :)
 
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Batista said:
Yup, create some fear, sell some gear.
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It's a real issue, experts have warned it could be the collapse of modern society.

Now, for a simple once off fee of $99.99 I'll be able to apply a fix to your pc :whistle:
 
Sinbad said:
Unix time (epoch time) rolls over in 2038. This will be a problem. I'll come out of retirement to earn bajillions fixing it.
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It's already been or being fixed. Saw this on some linux forums and if you set your date ahead to the day the rollover is suppose to take effect the systems perform correctly.
 
1. Set PC's date to 23h59 31/12/2037
2. Wait one minute
3. Did your PC crash?
4. No? No problem.
 
ponder said:
It's already been or being fixed. Saw this on some linux forums and if you set your date ahead to the day the rollover is suppose to take effect the systems perform correctly.
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It goes further than kernels though. That epoch time is used in a LOT of applications etc.
 
The DBs out there are potentially a problem... but 20 years is more than enough time to solve the issue.
 
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