Year 2038 Problem : Unix Millenium Bug

[nreece]

http://www.tutorialsonweb.com/it-updates/year-2038-problem-unix-millenium-bug/

[jff]

This bug is ancient.

[Allocator2008]

The fix for this is easy. In types.h change

typedef long time_t;

to

typedef long long time_t;

Thereby doubling the amount of space for time_t. Future applications written in c should have this fix or something like it.

[sarvesh → Allocator2008]

It isn't that simple it will break binary compatibility. 64 bit systems should be fine as but older 32 bit will be a problem and there is a lot firmware, embedded systems that won't be updated on time and that's where most of the problems will show up.