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Top Forums Programming Epoch problem Post 3230 by vsomanchi on Wednesday 27th of June 2001 06:26:47 AM
Old 06-27-2001
Question Epoch problem
I would like to know if the "Epoch" problem (on September 9, 2001) i.e. when the Unix clock counter will hit 100000000 will create a problem for programs that are dependent on system and server times.

I am presently part of a team that is working on Oracle database on SUN SOLARIS based servers.

There are lots of programs (written in Pro* C) that are dependent on system time. Any such problems on September 9, 2001 will be disastrous for us. I would like to know more about it. Thanks in advance--Vijay
 

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