minus-squareUSSMojave@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.world•In the year 2050linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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 linkfedilink
minus-squareUSSMojave@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.world•CokelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCoke never has the water button on it though linkfedilink
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