Re: [netatalk-admins] netatalk and y2k


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] netatalk and y2k
From: Stephen Waters (luyseyal@austin.cc.tx.us)
Date: Thu Mar 11 1999 - 14:38:00 EST


offtopic... but i was curious as to how they'll deal w/ this in 2038.
will 64-bit computing have any effect on the time value or will they
just recenter the inital time value (that day in 1972 or whatever; i
forget)?
a URL would be nice if you dont want to type a lot.

thanks,

stephen

a sun wrote:
>
> every so often, someone asks whether or not netatalk is y2k compliant.
>
> for those in need of proof, i present exhibit A:
> <http://www.zoology.washington.edu/~asun/images/netatalk-y2k.jpg>
>
> now, you can go home and make sure your toasters are y2k compliant. i,
> of course, decided to wait impatiently for the epochal 18 jan 2038 to
> 13 dec 1901 transition.
>
> -a



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Sat Dec 18 1999 - 16:16:26 EST