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   Message 476 of 531   
   Sean Dennis to Tom Swartz   
   Test Drive   
   28 Nov 18 13:50:04   
   
   Hello Tom,   
      
   27 Nov 18 08:26 at you wrote to Dale Shipp:   
      
    TS> I used your full .EXE patch. Nice work! I was reading your .DOC file   
    TS> on it and you mention something about the C libraries expiring in   
    TS> 2038. Can you elaborate on this?   
      
   That's when the UNIX timestamp, a signed 32-bit integer, will "flip" and    
   become a negative integer.  This affects pretty much everything, not just C,    
   that relies on the UNIX timestamp.   
      
   A web search engine search on "2038 timestamp issue" will elaborate even more.    
   :)   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... My other computer is a piece of junk.   
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