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[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 53 points 3 days ago

hopefully by then it'll all be sorted by whatever fix they implemented before 2038.

[-] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 days ago

That's easy. The 2038 problem is fixed by using 64-bit processors running 64-bit applications. Just about everything built in the last 15 years has already got the fix

Using that fix, the problem doesn't come up again for about 300 billion years

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 3 days ago

You don't need 64 bit programs or CPUs to fix the 2038 problem. You just need to use a 64 bit time_t. It will work fine on 32 bit CPUs or even 8 bit microcontrollers.