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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago

Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything

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Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything

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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago
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: We say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/30920734

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    Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/607/

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      If only we’d chosen 1944-12-02 08:45:52 as the Unix epoch, we could’ve combined two doomsday scenarios into one and added a really boring scene to that Roland Emmerich movie.

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