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Debian patching 32-bit builds to handle dates beyond 2038
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Does anyone know when the new date limit will be?
Assuming they went to signed 64-bit time, it should be about 3:28:32 pm UTC on Sunday, December 4, 292277026596. Yes, that last number is a year.
That's Saturday night in North American time zones. Just a heads up in case you're planning a boys' night out a couple hundred billion years in advance, maybe move it to Friday night in case the world ends Saturday night.
I think all stars in the galaxy will be dead by then.
Holy shit.