Y2K to 2038....are you ready?

[turkeydance]

 

[Long_Hunter]

Ah, yes… the year 2038 when machines run out of time

 

[Average Joe]

I’m not a computer guy. So I have to ask

 

[noway2]

My guess is that it’s an issue with the bit width of the integer math that computes the date - time based upon a certain date in 1971, I believe, that will be running out.

correction, January 1, 1970 aka Unix time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

 

[Mathieu18]

If they increase the bit depth of the tables won’t that solve it?

 

[georgel]

We'll be into quantum computing by then and all the systems that have this issue will be phased out.

 

[Button Pusher]

Should be easy to sync the TOD to NIST time before 2038.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

We'll be into quantum computing by then and all the systems that have this issue will be phased out.

and cities everywhere will be rid of lead pipes in the water system.
certainly no businesses anywhere will still be using win2k and IE...