Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Fri May 13 2005 - 16:30:03 EST


On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:07:04 MDT, Chris Friesen said:

> Because that's what the maximum negative number gives?

Good, somebody's paying attention. :)

So what breaks if we change it to an 'unsigned int', and can we fix those
issues before 2038, and will any of us here now *care* when an unsigned 32-bit
overflows in 2106 or whenever it is? :)


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