Reply to post: Re: Too late!

Linux clockpocalypse in 2038 is looming and there's no 'serious plan'

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Re: Too late!

"Anything else can be patched by changing time_t to unsigned."

Tried, tested, and proven.

[Open]VMS did that for time_t back in 1998, related to the Y2K kerfuffle. It didn't affect "pure" VMS applications, as VMS has its own rather elegant internal time format, but stuff reliant on time_t (largely but not exclusively C and C-inspired stuff) needed updating.

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