54 years..........but who's counting!

[coffeelover]

Thank you Dick for being such a positive mentor to us valvers!! I have learned so much from your sharing!

 

[johnmarkos]

As a computer journalist, I asked some experts about this, and they claim that they've got some ways to get around that limit. Maybe 2038 won't be that bad, after all.

2 to the 31 — many systems keep track of time as seconds since January 1, 1970 (“Epoch time”), and older systems use a signed 32-bit integer. Modern 64-bit systems don’t have a Y2038 problem. It’s all the 32-bit systems that we have to worry about (embedded systems and old computers), but they’ll probably mostly get cycled out in the next 16 years. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Y2K did indeed cause problems, but the computer industry spent a lot of time and money making sure the outcome wasn’t truly catastrophic. In all seriousness, I suspect the Y2038 problem will turn out similarly, with the time we have to prepare.

I like to joke about the Y2038 problem because it the deadline is right around a plausible retirement date for me — I’ll be 67 in January, 2038. In reality I find it hard to imagine retiring so young.

 

[Siraaj Wilkinson]

Wow, congrats sir you're such an inspiration

 

[spartangator]

Congratulations. We are lucky to benefit from your wisdom around here.

 

[Mr V]

I remember a couple of years after my St Jude I was leaning into a machine with an associate to do some repairs. He said, "Is that your watch ticking? No it's my heart!" LOL Congrats on 54

 

[ValveAdmin]

Congratulations!!! Truly an inspiration...