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Article #141Re: Year 2000 and Linux
From: Michael Shields
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <EpEp2M.Bqs.0.cb2@apgea.army.mil>, bobs@apgea.army.mil (J.R.Suckling) wrote: > In article <casper.889020671@uk-usenet.uk.sun.com>, > Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer <Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.Com> wrote: > >Wayne Schlitt <wayne@midwestcs.com> writes: > >>Trying to fix the problems with switching from signed to unsigned > >>time_t isn't worth it. Just switch to a 64-bit time_t instead. > > > >Which might be a bit hard for on-disk formats and such. > > Good point, but after the y2k thing is over you will still > have more then 30 years to switch to a new file system. > You will need new hardware in 30 years -- switch then. That works well if you only have one machine. -- Shields, CrossLink.
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