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Re: what will happen on Jan1st 2038



On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 09:36:27PM -0800, the greycells of Ramesh expressed:

> hi all...
> 
> i have a doubt. what will happen on 2038 Jan first
> when the Epoch time value increases bya sec.. it will
> get overflow since the size cannot hold that value...
> (2 pow 32) -1.
> 
> what will happen to the unix flavoured systems
> 
> ramesh
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Do not worry my friend. 2038 if far away. Also, by that time the size 
of the reg. will be doubled (say) ;-)

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