From: Christoph Best Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Happy New Unix Year Date: 09 Jul 1998 12:11:00 +0200 Organization: Konrad Zuse Center for Scientific Computer, Berlin, Germany Lines: 33 Sender: bzfbestc@grafs12.zib.de Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: grafs12.zib.de (130.73.68.12) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Access: 16 1243 1246 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 899979060 3503 (none) 130.73.68.12 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!grafs12.zib.DE!not-for-mail Hi, did anyone notice that today the UNIX time wraps from 899.999.999 to 900.000.000? Time to bring out the champagne. If I am correct, it should be exactly at 4pm UTC today. Here are some dates (UTC): 800000000 1995-05-09 06:13:20 900000000 1998-07-09 16:00:00 1000000000 2001-09-09 01:46:40 so the Year 2000 celebration for Unix could be in 2001. and for hex freaks: 0x30000000 1995-07-09 16:12:48 0x35000000 1998-03-06 13:54:08 0x36000000 1998-09-16 18:14:24 0x40000000 2004-01-10 13:37:04 and of course 0x7FFFFFFF 2038-01-19 03:14:07 where all the Year-7F-bugs will come to life! -Chris -- Christoph Best best@zib.de Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Takustrasse 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany +49-(0)30-84185-216, Fax -107 ###### From: wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Happy New Unix Year Date: 10 Jul 1998 05:18:11 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 35 Message-ID: <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news2.ais.net!jamie!ais.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!wendling Christoph Best (best@zib.de) wrote: : Hi, : did anyone notice that today the UNIX time wraps from 899.999.999 to : 900.000.000? Time to bring out the champagne. : If I am correct, it should be exactly at 4pm UTC today. : Here are some dates (UTC): : 800000000 1995-05-09 06:13:20 : 900000000 1998-07-09 16:00:00 : 1000000000 2001-09-09 01:46:40 : so the Year 2000 celebration for Unix could be in 2001. : and for hex freaks: : 0x30000000 1995-07-09 16:12:48 : 0x35000000 1998-03-06 13:54:08 : 0x36000000 1998-09-16 18:14:24 : 0x40000000 2004-01-10 13:37:04 : and of course : 0x7FFFFFFF 2038-01-19 03:14:07 : where all the Year-7F-bugs will come to life! Actually, I think that this is the all time, top entry in the YKYBHTLW contest :) -- || Bill Wendling wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu || Research Programmer ###### From: abuse@orion-com.com (Joe Thompson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Happy New Unix Year Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 03:31:26 -0400 Organization: Orion Computer Consulting Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-37kba87.dialup.mindspring.com X-Server-Date: 11 Jul 1998 07:25:48 GMT X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.4.4 Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!207.69.200.14!firehose.mindspring.net!news.mindspring.com!abuse In article <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) wrote: [re: Unix time milestones] > Actually, I think that this is the all time, top entry in the YKYBHTLW > contest :) No, that would be my cow-orker who not only sent company-wide e-mail announcing the milestone, but proposed a company party... -- Joe -- Joe Thompson | Tanuki on spammers: "...the freezer is full, and the abuse@orion-com.com | body in the bathtub is starting to decompose." http://kensey.home.mindspring.com/ : O- He-Who-Grinds-the-Unworthy Support evolution! Electrify the gene pool's fence! ###### From: wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Happy New Unix Year Date: 12 Jul 1998 04:30:51 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 17 Message-ID: <6o9e5r$90m$2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!ibm.net!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!wendling Joe Thompson (abuse@orion-com.com) wrote: : In article <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, : wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) wrote: : [re: Unix time milestones] : > Actually, I think that this is the all time, top entry in the YKYBHTLW : > contest :) : No, that would be my cow-orker who not only sent company-wide e-mail : announcing the milestone, but proposed a company party... -- Joe How was the party? -- || Bill Wendling wendling@ncsa.uiuc.edu || Research Programmer ###### From: abuse@orion-com.com (Joe Thompson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Happy New Unix Year Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:40:29 -0400 Organization: Orion Computer Consulting Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <6o486j$94a$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <6o9e5r$90m$2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-37kba83.dialup.mindspring.com X-Server-Date: 17 Jul 1998 04:37:29 GMT X-Newsreader: MT-NewsWatcher 2.4.4 Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!207.69.200.13!news.mindspring.net!firehose.mindspring.com!abuse In article <6o9e5r$90m$2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) wrote: > How was the party? Nonexistent. Management's waiting on a milestone with a 1 in front of it. -- Joe -- Joe Thompson | Tanuki on spammers: "...the freezer is full, and the abuse@orion-com.com | body in the bathtub is starting to decompose." http://kensey.home.mindspring.com/ : O- He-Who-Grinds-the-Unworthy Support evolution! Electrify the gene pool's fence! ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: bmarcum@iglou.com Subject: Re: Happy New Unix Year X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lou-ts3-7.iglou.com X-Everything: Net-Tamer V 1.08X X-Nntp-Posting-User: [unauthenticated] Message-ID: Sender: news@iglou.com (News) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) References: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:59:56 GMT Lines: 10 Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.107.41.5!iglou!news On 1998-07-17 abuse@orion-com.com(JoeThompson) said: >In article <6o9e5r$90m$2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, >wendling@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu (Bill Wendling) wrote: >> How was the party? >Nonexistent. Management's waiting on a milestone with a 1 in front >of it. -- Joe Are you sure they aren't waiting for a milestone with a $ in front of it? Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive