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February 12, 2012

And you said it was bad?

devadutta @ 11:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1329091181 ) Play

Sitter of all sitters. Identify the “problem”.

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla , rickde , Manish Achuth , finkle , shrik , rohanquizzer , Rogi , Vishwas B Sharma , KK , Godzilla101 , Ananth , raklodramA , Raghuvansh , jowens , badideabear , Bharath , Dibyo , Jayaprakash B R , , debjani , Anjul , Rahulk and anurag

Answer:
Quoting badideabear
Y2K38 problem. affects computers that store dates in 32-bit form because after 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038, the number of bits needed to express the date will exceed 32.

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25 Responses to “And you said it was bad?”

  1. Sumanth Patlolla Says:

    Y2K38 Problem :)


  2. rickde Says:

    Year 2038 problem

    rickde
    X 15

  3. Manish Achuth Says:

    Year 2038 problem.


  4. finkle Says:

    Integer overflow in time counters, aka y2k bug aka y2k38 bug


  5. shrik Says:

    The year 2038 problem, also known as the Unix Millennium Bug.

    shrik
    X 1

  6. rohanquizzer Says:

    The Year 2038 aka Y2K28 problem


  7. Rogi Says:

    The Uxix year 2038 problem.


  8. Vishwas B Sharma Says:

    Unix Millenium Bug – Y2K38 Problem. The epoch variable time_t is a signed integer and hence when it outruns the binary of signed integer it resets to 1901.


  9. KK Says:

    Year 2038 problem

    KK
    X 7

  10. Godzilla101 Says:

    y2k37


  11. Ananth Says:

    Year 2038 problem

    Ananth
    X 7

  12. raklodramA Says:

    The year 2038 problem (also known as the Unix Millennium Bug[citation needed], Y2K38 or Y2.038K

    X 1

  13. Raghuvansh Says:

    The Unix Year 2038 problem.


  14. jowens Says:

    Year 2038 problem (32-bit Unix time overflows)


  15. badideabear Says:

    Y2K38 problem. affects computers that store dates in 32-bit form because after 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038, the number of bits needed to express the date will exceed 32.


  16. Bharath Says:

    Year 2038 problem

    Bharath

  17. Dibyo Says:

    year 2038 problem

    Dibyo

  18. Jayaprakash B R Says:

    Year 2038 problem / Unix Millenium Bug


  19. Anonymous Says:

    year 2038 time bug

    X 74

  20. debjani Says:

    year 2038 bug


  21. Anjul Says:

    Unix Millennium Bug


  22. Rahulk Says:

    The year 2038 problem (also known as the Unix Millennium Bug), Y2K38 or Y2.038K


  23. Adriana Says:

    Gostei muito desse site!

    Blame AutoRaja


  24. anurag Says:

    year 2038 problem when the 32bit integer used to represent UTC overflows.


  25. Adriana Says:

    thanks for share!

    Blame AutoRaja


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