1516331647(1/19/2018 3:14:07 AM)- 20 years to the end of 32-bit... A historic milestone...
Facts about 32-bit(UNIX time):
UNIX began on January 1, 1970 at 12:00:00 AM, and is used on many devices today, like Android phones!
Length of the UNIX time period:
1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM- 1/19/2038 3:14:07 AM, an astonishing 68 years!
The end of this period will occur on 1/19/2038 at 3:14:07 AM, exactly 2147483647 seconds after 1/1/1970 at 12:00:00 AM...
This only affects 32-bit devices. This won't happen on 64-bit devices until 292 billion years from now. 😱😱😱 Doesn't matter.
What will happen at 3:14:07 AM on 1/19/2038? Simply an overflow. Instead of counting to the next second, it will go back to 12/13/1901 at 8:45:52 PM.
This post was originally written on January 19, 2018, but was updated on January 20, 2018, to add a YouTube video on the UNIX bug, and to correct a time error.
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