On: All Hell May Break Loose On Twitter In 2 Hours

[eru]

Few embedded systems depend on the date, do they?

[larrywright → eru]

I don't have first hand experience, but from what I understood, yes. Particularly in monitoring devices: "Shut this off if you haven't received a signal in x minutes". That sort of thing.

[eru → larrywright]

Thanks.

Though I imagine that those watchdogs might have more problems with the year 2038.