On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 14:01:22 -5 "Harlan Jillson"
<hjillson@argohouston.com> writes:
> James,
> Unix time is calculate from the number of seconds elapse since
> midnight Jan. 1 1970. The number is stored as a signed 4 byte
> integer ( why it's signed I don't know as it looses half of its
> range), and the time number will overflow sometime in 2038. This
> from 31557600 seconds per year ( with a 1/4 day for leaps),
> 2147483648 as the largest positive number that can be held in a 4
> byte interger. Comes up 68.049+ years, or 1970 + 68.049 = 2038.049
> or somewhere around the 18th of Jan. 2038.
> H.
>
>
Its getting like "revenge of the Nerds" in here. . . . .
Aren't UNIX blokes "sans knackers" in charge of a harem!??
mike robson
vulgar obnoxious and rude with a few cars!
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