The End is Near: 01:46:39 GMT 09 - 09 - 2001

[Brett_Tabke]

Are you ready for the biggest time change in the history the Unix operating system?

Very quietly, on 9-9-2001 at 1:46:39GMT, a profound change will occur in the Unix operating system.

As many know, "Unix time" is recorded in seconds since the start of the epoch (1970).

On 09-09-31 (aprox 11 hours from now):
at 1:46:39 GMT, the "unix time will be": 999999999
at 1:46:40 GMT, the "unix time will be": 1000000000

Are your scripts ready for the rollover?

[Macguru]

>Very quietly

Sure less hype than the Y2K one. :)

[Brett_Tabke]

We seem to be in good shape.

[Brett_Tabke]

Spoke too soon. Several bugs here with the board and time. It may take a couple of days to fix. Nothing detrimental, but posts that should be showing on the index page to each forum are not. (trust the active list...) Stickymail is also affected.

[volatilegx]

Oh no! That means I'm approximately one billion seconds old! How depressing :(

[nicebloke]

That was also my birthday. Can I claim some sort of prize? A funny picture perhaps?

[backus]

Has anyone noticed how most videos only go up to 2004? I feel sorry for the poor bugger who can't afford a new one... :)

[Macguru]

Happy birthday nicebloke! [a1968.g.akamai.net]

[Brett_Tabke]

Happy Birthday NiceBloke.

I did get the time bug fixed with the forum, but stickymail is still on the to do list.

61 scripts, 50 domains, 12.5 hours to fix. Big lesson learned.