Matt Larson wrote: > > VeriSign Naming and Directory Services will change the serial number > format and "minimum" value in the .com and .net zones' SOA records on > or shortly after 9 February 2004. > > The current serial number format is YYYYMMDDNN. (The zones are > generated twice per day, so NN is usually either 00 or 01.) The new > format will be the UTC time at the moment of zone generation encoded > as the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. (00:00:00 GMT, 1 > January 1970.) For example, a zone published on 9 February 2004 might > have serial number "1076370400". The .com and .net zones will still > be generated twice per day, but this serial number format change is in > preparation for potentially more frequent updates to these zones.
Agghh! The y2038 bug! -- Crist J. Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Globalstar Communications (408) 933-4387
