unix time value

[Neil Wilson_1]

I have seen a message from Unix Guru Universe (www.ugu.com) that the unix time() value becomes 10 digits for the first time on Sun Sep 9 01:46:40 2001

For the first time in modern computer history, the timestamp will be something besides 9 digits.

Can anyone confirm the validity of this and if it does impact HPUX? If so what is the potential impact?

[Robin Wakefield]

http://www.electromagnetic.net shows the countdown.

There's link on this page to

http://www.electromagnetic.net/press-releases/unixonebln.php

which states:

"UNIX clocks are not expected to suffer from an S1G problem, and so this September shall be business as usual for servers worldwide." Fingers crossed...

Robin

[Marcin Wicinski]

I know that, many tests were performed and
revealed no problems associated with the one-billion-second mark. Neither 32-bit
nor 64-bit HP-UX has demonstrated any inherent limitations associated with
tabulating this many seconds. But remember about appropriate Y2K patches.

There are some known problems associated with 32-bit UNIX systems regarding when
they hit the 2-billion-second mark (2^31 seconds). This will not occur until the
year 2038.