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Thursday, January 06, 2005
The 2038 date bug… Y2k again!
The year-2038 bug is similar to the Y2K bug in that it involves a time wrap not coped for by programmers.
The precise date of this occurrence is Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038. At this time, a machine prone to this bug will show the time Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901.
Of course we now know that the prevalence of computers that would fail because of this error was greatly exaggerated by the media.
Most programs use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to work out their dates.
At this time, a machine prone to this bug will show the time Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901, hence it is possible that the media will call this The Friday 13th Bug.