MLUG: Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time
Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Michael wrote:

> 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.

But as Russell Horn pointed out, your program could try to store
that 64-bit clock into a 32-bit int while it's doing its thing, and 
I think we can all see a problem with that...

jking


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