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Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

'...(potentially setting time back to 1900)...'

From my understanding, unless I'm mistaken, wouldn't the 32 bit time reset back to 1970 after the overflow/rollover?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    you're wrong, but so was the article, so I guess that cancels out :D it's late 1901

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