Sunday, December 23, 2007

Linux Went to Year 2038 Problem

Year 2038 Problem

What happens when Linux is set to January 19, 2038 at 3:14am?
$ date -s “01/19/2038 03:14:00″
date: invalid date `01/19/2038 03:14:00′

Based on www.y2k38.info:
On January 19, 2038, UNIX-based programs and UNIX-like operating systems will run out of time. To be more precise, at 3:14:07 GMT, UNIX will be exactly 1 billion seconds old. Many see this as a milestone, but from a technical point of view, this can mean disaster for computer programs and systems around the world.

Read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

2 comments:

Dino said...

gak dong aku..

Y2K Windows vs Y2K38 Linux « Ngoprek yuuk said...

[...] Pagi ini, saya jalan-jalan ke beberapa blog yang menarik. Ada satu tulisan yang menarik perhatian saya tentang permasalahan yang akan dihadapi OS Linux. Artikel berjudul “Linux Went to Year 2038 Problem” yang merujuk pada artikel di wikipedia dan official site-nya ini memberitakan bahwa Linux akan mengalami masalah pada 19 Januari 2038 pukul 03:14:08 UTC atau sekitar pukul 10:14:08 WIB. [...]

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