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minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·22 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 days agoDo you have any 32 bit computers anymore? Any running important stuff that needs good dates?
minus-squareUSSMojave@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·21 days agoIt’s not about having accurate dates, it’s about how unix time is used in programming. For some systems that reference unix time for essential calculations, that value rolling over and overflowing would cause catastrophic problems
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Do you have any 32 bit computers anymore? Any running important stuff that needs good dates?
It’s not about having accurate dates, it’s about how unix time is used in programming. For some systems that reference unix time for essential calculations, that value rolling over and overflowing would cause catastrophic problems