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  • Y2K38 Problem | Y2K Problem Was Old!

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    Member

    Updated: Oct 26, 2024
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    There's yet another big problem! Its Y2k38 Problem!!! Check this out, as this explains it all:
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Feb 6, 2012

    Moved the post to a new thread. Boy! Is that a real problem?
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    Member • Feb 6, 2012

    The_Big_K
    Moved the post to a new thread. Boy! Is that a real problem?
    Whaaat??? How can you say??? Most of the processors have their clocks running in 32 Bit mode!!! 😲

    PS: My 5000th Post! 😀
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  • Tanu Pawar

    Member • Feb 6, 2012

    Seriously we are goona face big problem....if we continue to use 32 bit....so now a days
    most <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Operating system - Wikipedia</a> designed to run on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">64 Bit</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_architecture" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hardware Architecture</a> already use signed 64-bit time_t integers, effectively eliminating the Year 2038 problem in any software that has been developed to use the extended format.

    Using a signed 64-bit value introduces a new wraparound date that is over twenty times greater than the theorized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Age Of The Universe</a>: approximately 292 billion years from now, at 15:30:08 on Sunday, 4 December 292,277,026,596.
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  • born_star16

    Member • Feb 7, 2012

    Thank god, I have 64 bit processor. 😛
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    Member • Feb 7, 2012

    born_star16
    Thank god, I have 64 bit processor. 😛
    Boss, the time is given by a 32 bit application time_t!!! That is still 32 bit!!! 😲
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  • Harshad Italiya

    Member • Feb 7, 2012

    Is there any solution for this problem?
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    Member • Feb 7, 2012

    Migrating to 64 Bit time_t...
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  • born_star16

    Member • Feb 8, 2012

    Praveen-Kumar
    Boss, the time is given by a 32 bit application time_t!!! That is still 32 bit!!! 😲
    Oh! missed again. Time to migrate. 😀
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    Member • Feb 8, 2012

    born_star16
    Oh! missed again. Time to migrate. 😀
    Ha ha!!! All the best!!! 😀 Soon!!! Just 26 years more!!! 😛
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