On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > Isn't there something similar in Linux? Except the limit is a bit over a > > year? > A bit more than that. The date rolls over in 2038 on 32 bit unices.
Wrong limit. There's a counter in some MS-written systems (which includes OS/2, as I recall) that counts milliseconds since the computer booted. Since it's a 32-bit counter, it rolls over in about 49 days. Nasty things can (but don't necessarily) happen when it rolls over. ISTR that there is a similar counter in Linux that rolls over in about 400 days, but I've been having trouble remembering things lately. -- Jonathan Guthrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/ 12703 Veterans Memorial #106, Houston, TX 77014, USA
