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Post #15 by yuhong
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateThu, 3 Dec 2015 - 07:38
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/os-7-end-date-2020.3042/
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By trying 2039 you hit the "Year 2038 problem"

Any system, including Macs, that use a 32 signed integer for time will stop counting time properly at exactly 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038. Its a well known issue in time keeping for 32-bit systems.

As far as I'm aware, fixing this is much, much more difficult.

So, by fixing the 2020 issue, we have just delayed the inevitable for another 18 years.
Mac OS itself don't use time_t I think, but other programs may.

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