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Alex Charrett wrote: > > At 01:46:40 GMT (02:46:40 BST) on this Sunday (9th Sept 2001) morning, the > unix date will become 1000000000, adding an extra digit for the first time > in *ages* :). > > The unix date being the number of seconds since the epoch date (1 Jan > 1970 I think) Yes. > Could cause all sorts of fun apparantly. Given the systems we rolled through this period as part of Y2K testing, I won't be holding my breathe waiting for the end of the world as we know it, but no doubt someone somewhere will get caught out. I seem to remember their were some other mainframe date "funnies" at the end of 2001. November(?), as a number of very badly written applications would have broke, but this of course was revealed in the Y2K testing - well if done properly. Amazing how many application would store week number, month number, Julian year, and other bizarre formats, rather than settle for a simple epoch approach like Unix/Posix/Linux.... Lack of education of programmers being the main culprit I suspect. After the lack of earth shaking calamity at 2000-01-01, I wonder if they will believe IT people in 2038 when they say "Bad things will happen". -- Are you using the Internet to best effect ? www.eighth-layer.com Tel: +44(0)1395 232769 ICQ: 116952768 Moderated discussion of teleworking at news:uk.business.telework -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.