Show threaddiana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱3d ago

@lerxst @david_chisnall

Next thing we know, age verification across time zones to implement Daylight Savings Age and Leap Age, 32 bit age with the #year2038 problem...

Show threadBebef 🦦🇪🇺🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚙🐼🥦🚩🏴Jan 19

@yrrsinn 🎉Only 11.75 more years before we need to get hectic. 🤪🙈

Well, at least nobody has to walk from workstation to workstation with a stack of floppies.... #Year2038 #Y2k

YrrsinnJan 19
Today it is 12 years till #Year2038 Problem, for all who celebrate #y2k38
PurpleJillybeans Jan 8

So, I've been thinking about this for quite a long time now, and a recently-boosted toot reminded me of it:

What is the #RetroComputing world's plan for #Year2038?

I suppose the simplest approach would be to agree on a translation convention: year 1980 displayed = year 2040 IRL or something similar. Include a note stating the offset. Repeat every 60 years.

There might also be another, more radical option: use binary patching to change the epoch date. Could be feasible for common C libs?

Unofficial LowEndBox BotJan 3
Deep Lore: The Time Traveller Looking for a “Portable Mainframe” Who Freaked Out the Early Internet https://lowendbox.com/blog/john-titor-time-traveler-ibm-5100/ #internetfolklore #Editorial&News #CoasttoCoastAM #retrocomputing #timetravel #JohnTitor #Year2038 #ArtBell #IBM5100 #Y2038
Deep Lore: The Time Traveller Looking for a “Portable Mainframe” Who Freaked Out the Early Internet

In the early days of message boards and dial-up, a stranger showed up claiming to be a soldier from 2036—on a mission to retrieve an IBM 5100 “portable” computer. He didn’t just drop a prophecy and vanish. He argued, explained, posted technical details… and built one of the internet’s most enduring modern legends.

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PaulJun 9, 2025

Just run into a real-world example of the Year 2038 Problem - trying to store a Unix timestamp representing 2050-01-01 in an INT column (which is 32 bits).

#Year2038 #MySQL

YgorMay 3, 2025

Are you worried about Y2K38 or the Year 2038 Problem?

#poll #y2k38 #year2038 #year2038problem #software

Yes
0%
There's work to do, but it'll be fine
75%
No
25%
Don't know what that is
0%
Poll ended at .
hertgApr 17, 2025

Kinda annoyed that there wasn't even a spike in traffic on my website yesterday at 2025-04-16T19:07:44+00:00

https://www.epochalypse.today/

Was no one watching the bit flip to 01101000 00000000 00000000 00000000?

Anyway, see you guys at 2029-07-18T05:49:52+00:00 when it flips to 01110000 00000000 00000000 00000000, which is when we'll lose the next bit to the epochalypse.

#epochalypse #unix #unixtime #year2038 #year2038problem #y2k38 #software

How much time until the Epochalypse?

A countdown to the end of 32-bit unix time

AptiviMar 10, 2025

Fedora 43 will provide improved user experience!

#Fedora #FedoraLinux #Linux #TechNews #TechUpdates #Computers #Fedora43 #Year2038 #Y2038 #Y2038Problem #Year2038Problem

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/fedora-43-and-rpm-6-0-jpeg-xl-wallpapers-and-more/

Fedora 43 and RPM 6.0, JPEG-XL wallpapers, and more…

While Fedora 42 is still in works, which is expected to release in April, Fedora 43 has been planned for major changes, such as adding support for RPM 6.0, wallpapers that are in the JPEG-XL format…

Aptivi
Magical CatMay 30, 2024
It was funny contrast shower to first read articles about year 2038 problem and than run in python without any issues this:
```
stdout.write(f'{100 ** 90}\r\n')
```
Which gives nice long number
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
🧵
#python #newbie #programming #timekeeping #y2k38 #year2038