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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: 64 bits
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Date: 10 Aug 90 20:48:25 GMT
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In article <MEISSNER.90Aug10101645@osf.osf.org>, meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes:
>Regarding 64 bit ints, and such -- another thing that will soon need
>to be 64 bits on UNIX systems, is the value time_t returns.  This is
>the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch (Jan 1, 1970), and with 32
>bit signed ints, it runs out on Monday January 18 at 22:14:07 in the
>year 2038.

You think anything which is currently running UNIX is going to still be 
chugging 48 years from now? You think we'll be stuck with UNIX for
48 years? ;-)