The Y2K38 Problem

Hmm, so it looks like there’s another problem looming for computers in the year 2038. Apparently most of the systems around the world use 32-bit signed integers to store time, which is the number of seconds elapsed since the so-called epoch, i.e. January 1, 1970. It looks like a 32-bit signed integer will run out of capacity on Tuesday, January 19, 2038 (it will reach greater than 2³¹ seconds). So the programmers around the world need to fix this problem. The solutions are available and apparently simple enough. Read this interesting article here.