RE: year 2059 problem

2003-01-03 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: year 2059 problem This is not true for all versions of VMS of 4.7+, whether on a 64-bit Alpha or 32-bit VAX. The standard VMS date is (was?) an 8-byte quadword whose value is relative to a base date of November 17, 1858

RE: year 2059 problem

2003-01-02 Thread Fink, Dan
As I recall from my trip to Nepal, there are several calendars in use. In fact, we celebrated 2 separate New Years. I joke that I left Nepal 64 years older than when I arrived! -Original Message- Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L UNIX store

RE: year 2059 problem

2003-01-02 Thread Jesse, Rich
This is not true for all versions of VMS of 4.7+, whether on a 64-bit Alpha or 32-bit VAX. The standard VMS date is (was?) an 8-byte quadword whose value is relative to a base date of November 17, 1858 (Julian Day 240 -- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's day "zero") and is accurate until

Re: year 2059 problem

2002-12-30 Thread Peter Gram
Hi I have just tested with 2037 on a linux (2.4.18) with rdbms 9.2.0.2 and this works. Lyndon Tiu wrote: Hmmm, anyone tried Linux Oracle with year 2059? -- Lyndon Tiu On Sunday 29 December 2002 08:28 pm, Amit Nargotra wrote: This strange problem we are facing while implemting

Re: year 2059 problem

2002-12-30 Thread Nicolai Tufar
UNIX stores time as amount of seconds passed since the 1st of January 1970. Since it is 32-bit value in modern Unices, it can hold up to 2,147,483,648  or approximatively 68 years. The counter overflows on 19th of January 2038 at 3:14:07 AM. People believe that all the hardware will be 64-bi

Re: year 2059 problem

2002-12-29 Thread Lyndon Tiu
Hmmm, anyone tried Linux Oracle with year 2059? -- Lyndon Tiu On Sunday 29 December 2002 08:28 pm, Amit Nargotra wrote: > This strange problem we are facing while implemting Oracle Based ERP at > Nepal for asian paints. > > Nepal follows Hindu calender, as per the hindu calender the current year