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Y2K38

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aka the Year 2038 Problem

aka we fixed the Y2K problem of storing years as two digits by storing datetimes as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 which would be fine except the common 32 bit systems defined around 2000 will hit their ceiling on 2038-01-19.

My systems will probably be fine. But not all will. 32 bit and constrained embedded systems may still be running and still have trouble.

And some are having trouble right now.

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illustrative example via https://mstdn.social/@pdwerryhouse/110115484603668761