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date +%s Turning 1111111111

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-make-balloon-animals dept.

initsix writes "Break out your party hats. According to http://www.onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm , Unix time is supposed reach 1111111111 on Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:58:31 GMT That's only 1036372537 seconds from 2^31 (ie Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:08 GMT)!!"

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  1. Re:It gets better ! by dashing_cavalier · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about: 11:23:58?

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    Meh.
  2. What happens in 2038? by markmcb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm no Unix time expert, but I was wondering what happens in 2038? It's really not that far away now. Are there any sites that document what happens to older systems? Is there some simple solution that I'm unaware of, or is this going to be another Y2K?

    I ask because once I get my time machine going (which runs on Unix), I want to be able to go farther into the future than 2038. I'm serious... Seriously.

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    Mark A. McBride -- OmniNerd.com