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Program that run future dates. Thinking of the 32 bit Unix-like time format.
That is dates on January 19th, 2038 (03:14:07 UTC) will roll over to January 1, 1900 (00:00:01).
Programs that run future dates need to have a work around by January 2018.
Any system making use of data structures containing 32-bit time representations will present risk. The degree of risk is dependent on the mode of failure.
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Y2K all over again. I remember that all the apps I built in dBase had to be re compiled with SET CENTURY ON. This changed the date field from dd/mm/yy to dd/mm/yyyy. Then I had to reconfigure those screen layouts where the extra 2 digits hosed the spacing and then.... I don't think I'll need to worry about having to reprogram anything in 2038.  Sam
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I remember Y2K all to well what a PITA . I had to miss all the parties because of being on stand by in case all systems crashed .nothing happened
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Y2K was a non-event, after two years of "Century Compliance" upgrades. Changing the dates for Daylight Savings Time? What a PITA!
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Only 7982 years to go before we need to worry about the Y10K problem.
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On a lighter note, I recently was filling out an on-line form which asked for "today's date" in the following format:
dd mm cccc.
It also had tiny little words under the spaces provided, explaining to those of us without a 4th grade education, what those letters stood for.
Here's what it said: "day" "month" "century"
I typed in the day and the month. Then, since we are in the 21st century as far as I can tell, I typed in "2100" for the century. It didn't like that. I called the place and explained that if they had wanted me to type in the YEAR they should have used what all the world uses as an abbreviation: "Y Y Y Y" rather than "C C C C". I hung up before the blood pressure peaked at 300 over 200.
The spouse just shook her head and rolled her eyes. That's her special way of sympathizing with me.
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On a lighter note, I recently was filling out an on-line form which asked for "today's date" in the following format:
dd mm cccc.
It also had tiny little words under the spaces provided, explaining to those of us without a 4th grade education, what those letters stood for.
Here's what it said: "day" "month" "century"
Since I was born in the 19th century, and since I am a very literal and compliant person, (code for a hard-headed old Kraut-Mick) I typed in "1900" which it didn't like. I called the place that was asking for the info, and managed to get my blood pressure up trying to explain to the moron at the other end of the line that if they had wanted to know the year of my birth, they should have used "y y y y" instead of "c c c c". Well, let's see. Millennials, common core, an education at a good college. Pick any or all as the cause. -Hal
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I typed in the day and the month. Then, since we are in the 21st century as far as I can tell, I typed in "2100" for the century. It didn't like that. I called the place and explained that if they had wanted me to type in the YEAR they should have used what all the world uses as an abbreviation: "Y Y Y Y" rather than "C C C C". Arthur, sorry for your misunderstanding. The language is not dd/mm/yyyy [day/month/year] as you have incorrectly believed. Being American I can see why you thought the world revolved around the US Dollar and English being the language of Science and Aircraft Control, however being a world economy as such, dd/mm/cccc is correct, you just need to change your language to Catalan* and enter Dia (English for day), Mes (English for month) and Curs (English for year)...so as you can easily see dd/mm/cccc Dia/Mes/Curs is in correct form. * Of the 9,412,637 people worldwide that can speak Catalan you are apparently not one of them
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