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FractalsInfinite@sh.itjust.works
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The question is, what will happen in 2038 when y2k happens again due to an integer overflow? People are already sounding the alarm but who knows if people will fix all of the systems before it hits.

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zik@lemmy.world
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It’s already been addressed in Linux - not sure about other OSes. They doubled the size of time data so now you can keep using it until after the heat death of the universe. If you’re around then.

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lowleveldata@programming.dev
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Finally it’d be the year of desktop linux with all the windows users die off

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Matombo@feddit.de
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debian for example is atm at work recompiling everything vom 32bit to 64bit timestamps (thanks to open source this is no problem) donno what happens to propriarary legacy software

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Scrollone@feddit.it
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2038 is approaching super fast and nobody seems to care yet

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Aceticon@lemmy.world
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At the rate of one year per year, even.

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CybranM@feddit.nu
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For each second that passes we’re one second closer to 2038

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Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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AfaIk that’s not entirely true, e.g. Debian is changing the system time from 32 bit integer to 64 bit. Thus I assume other distros do this as well. However, this does not help for industrial or IOT devices running deprecated Unix / Linux derivatives.

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