On 05 Sep 2002, 19:39:22, Craig Dickson wrote: > > 2038 is when our dates run out: > > Right, because the standard Unix time value is a signed 32-bit number of > seconds from January 1, 1970. Thus, 2^31-1 seconds, which is about 68 > years. > > Sure, if we switch to a 64-bit time value, then we'll have lots of room > left over -- so much that we might as well switch from seconds to > microseconds, as I think Java does.
IIRC, the bind developers switched to an unsigned 32-bit integer for the serial number format so that YYYYMMDDRR, where RR was a 2-digit revision number for that day, would last until 4096 or so .... So, we got that to fall back on . . . madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
