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vishal_rv

2038!!

May 06, 2005 21:35

Tuesday, January 19 2038. Time: 03:14:07 GMT. If Linux programmers get nightmares, it's about this date and time. Immediately after that second is crossed, current computer systems running on Linux will grind to a halt or go into a loop. This will trip up a lot of databases. No, this is not another hoax raised by some anti-Linux lobby. It is Linux' ( Read more... )

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vishal_rv May 16 2005, 14:20:05 UTC

Was just wondering if there is some other solution to this??
I mean we still use the current kernel(with some patch, though converting counter to 64bit might be simpler solution, is there something simpler than that?? ) & we still see 2038 without any crashes!!