Why will the year 2038 be the next bug for bbses?

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Why will the year 2038 be the next bug for bbses?

Is that the year you're going to actually start your BBS?



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Re: 2038
By: The Millionaire to All on Sat Feb 08 2020 11:18 am

Why will the year 2038 be the next bug for bbses?

Whoever said that?

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Re: 2038
By: The Millionaire to All on Sat Feb 08 2020 11:18 am

Whoever said that?

Nightfox

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

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Re: 2038
By: The Millionaire to All on Sat Feb 08 2020 11:18 am

Why will the year 2038 be the next bug for bbses?

I'll bite. It has to do with the calendar for 32bit linux operating systems. If you are 64, it shouldn't affect you.

The latest time that can be represented in Unix's signed 32-bit integer time format is 03:14:07 on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 (231-1 = 2,147,483,647 seconds after 1 January 1970).[1] Times beyond that cause signed integer overflow, which is an example of C's undefined behavior

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Is that the year you're going to actually start your BBS?

It might be the year he decides what bbs or OS to use.

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Is that the year you're going to actually start your BBS?

It might be the year he decides what bbs or OS to use.

Heh. I'll put my money on Mystic/Windoze.



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It might be the year he decides what bbs or OS to use.

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I'll probably be dead most likely by then.

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Why will the year 2038 be the next bug for bbses?

Is that the year you're going to actually start your BBS?

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