Comments on: Parameterising Unix/Posix timestamps in VuGen http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/parameterising-time-stamps/ Expert consulting services with HP Software Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:16:40 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Stuart Moncrieff http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/parameterising-time-stamps/#comment-1245 Stuart Moncrieff Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:24:41 +0000 http://www.jds.net.au/?p=762#comment-1245 Interesting piece of trivia... On Friday the 13th, 2009 at 11:31:30pm UTC UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890. ...and just after 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038, the 32-bit integer that stores the timestamp will roll over to -2147483648. This is known as the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem" rel="nofollow">Unix Millennium bug</a>". Interesting piece of trivia…

On Friday the 13th, 2009 at 11:31:30pm UTC UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890.

…and just after 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038, the 32-bit integer that stores the timestamp will roll over to -2147483648. This is known as the “Unix Millennium bug“.

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