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The universe started in 1970. Anyone claiming to be over 38 is lying about their age.
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[Cueball sits at a computer, staring at the screen and rubbing his chin in thought. A friend stands behind him.]
Cueball: Weird — My code's crashing when given pre-1970 dates.
Friend [pointing at Cueball and his computer]: Epoch fail!
I’m more worried about 2038-01-19 than I was about the Y2K bug.
Why are people so worried about this? 32 bit systems aren't nearly as prevalent as they used to be
General computers, you’re right… however, embedded systems and custom programs are a whole different story.
Can confirm. I can't give details, but ... yeah. Had to file a card just last month about a uint32_t UTC time value being used in a device-to-cloud message where it will definitely need to be upgraded to a uint64_t before good ol' 2038 comes ...