* Mark Andrews: > In message <ef3daad70902131706x2277ac5fp5cc243ffff354...@mail.gmail.com>, > Nathan Malynn writes: >> Question about 2k38: Aren't most Unixoid systems using 64-bit clocks now? > > No. Even if they were you have 32 bit timestamps in lots > of things that have to be handled even if time/time64 returns > a 64 bit timestamp.
Those values can often be interpreted as unsigned, so we get another 68 years. By then, hopefully, the required protocol updates can be fully automated.