Re: Year 2038 Bug?

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Year 2038 Bug?
Date: 2008-10-13 18:33:19
Message-ID: 049C76DB-2A82-4EDB-AA6D-DDF6CB486A65@kineticode.com
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On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:22, Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> PostgreSQL 8.4 uses 64bit data type for time. But if you use system
> timezone then you can get in trouble if system does not support
> 64bit zic files.

I've never noticed a problem with the TZinfo database that ships on
systems I've used. How would I know that there was a problem? What
sort of trouble could I get into?

Thanks,

David

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