Re: [PHP3] 2038 doomsday?? From: Mark Musone (musone <email protected>)
Date: 09/21/98

it's not as difficult changing the (long) value to a larger value (double)

as it is adding an entire field, going from 2 digits to 4 digits.

the former is an OS problem/solution.

the latter was a programmer problem.

Mark

>
> > > Is the year-2000 problem just a little peanut compared to the point
> > in
> > > time, 19 january 2038 03:14:07
> > >
> > > Actually I might be alive that day and if my client lives as well, I
> > > guess I'm in trouble.
> >
> > Your client is in much bigger trouble if he is still running your
> > current
> > software on today's hardware. I really don't think there is much
> > point in
> > worrying about the year 2038 issue. The technology is going to change
> > 100
> > times before that time.
> >
> > -Rasmus
> I'm sure that many a programmer and system designer said the same thing
> 20-30 years ago, about the year 2000 problem.
> -DEJ
>
>
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