Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262349AbVEMMoO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:44:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262353AbVEMMoO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:44:14 -0400 Received: from alog0338.analogic.com ([208.224.222.114]:29326 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262349AbVEMMnw (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:43:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Denis Vlasenko cc: "Srinivas G." , linux-kernel-Mailing-list Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348114BED13@mail.esn.co.in> <200505131522.32403.vda@ilport.com.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1738 Lines: 59 It would be good if the doom-sayers actually tried before then lied..... Just in case anybody wants to try it: int main() { int x = 0x7fffff00; stime(&x); } Script started on Mon 18 Jan 2038 10:12:32 PM EST [root@chaos root]# while true ; do date ; sleep 1 ; done Mon Jan 18 22:12:44 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:12:45 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:12:46 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:12:47 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:12:48 EST 2038 [SNIPPED...] Mon Jan 18 22:14:01 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:02 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:03 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:04 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:05 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:06 EST 2038 Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038 Fri Dec 13 15:46:09 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:10 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:11 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:12 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:13 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:14 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:15 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:16 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:17 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:18 EST 1901 Fri Dec 13 15:46:19 EST 1901 [root@chaos root]# exit Script done on Fri 13 Dec 1901 03:46:44 PM EST As you can see, the machine still runs. There was a little hickup in the 'sleep 1' it slept more than a second. Remember to `rdate` your computer before you do any serious work. The file-dates correctly show the new, before Unix, time and date. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/