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		masklinn on Dec 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Glibc is still not Y2038 compliant by default It's signed so only 2^63-1s, or 292 billion years. 'bout the same as tomorrow really, better do nothing, for in the end all is dust.

jandrese on Dec 29, 2021 [–]

In retrospect we should have made it unsigned, but set the epoch at the Big Bang.

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