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[–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh, we've got a few hurdles before then. The 32-bit unsigned counter for network time protocol resets in 2036, the GPS 10-bit week counter resets in 2038, and the old Unix signed 32-bit date also resets in 2038.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    I'd only ever heard of the Unix epoch one. It's interesting that three separate systems (with three different underlying data types) all overflow so closely together.

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