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>One additional thing worth mentioning about it: That time is stored using
>a certain number of bits, at least in C programs, so that it will overflow
>at some time in 2038. It's just like the old y2k problem. I'll be 80
>years old in that year, so I'll just kick back and let you young guys (60
>year olds?) deal with that one!
>
>
Interestingly enough most Linux software can already handle the change
because Linux is already set to handle the clock as 64bit as are most
major apps that make use of it. Also unlike the 2000 thing the problem
isn't a data format issue.. just the data type the data is stored in.
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