On 6 Sep 2002, Dan Jacobson wrote: > $ touch -t 200011111111 a > $ touch -t 201111111111 a > $ touch -t 211111111111 a > touch: invalid date format `211111111111' > > Oh great, can't deal with dates in the next century. Hope this isn't > a deep routed problem for all of Unix or something.
2038 is when our dates run out: # touch -t 203711111111 a # touch -t 203811111111 a touch: invalid date format `203811111111' I believe it's supposed to be "automagically" fixed when we move from 32 to 64 bits of something or other :) (Can anyone confirm this impression I have?) Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* With 24 left to play, and up 19 in the loss column, the Braves' Magic Number is 6! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]