The 1st of January 1970

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

Why was this day so significant for so many here?

It perplexes me

[incisor]

Unix 0 date

After crash nearly all user signup dates were set to the epoch

[LSD_AUTOMOTIVE]

that sounds so impressive :)

[Mick_Marsh]

So when is the Unix end date? When does our world come to an end?

[bobslandies]

I always thought it was the day the Millennium Bug was conceived;)

Bob

[Mick_Marsh]

That was a firmware thing.
What a fizzer that was. Kept me in employment for a while though.

[CraigE]

We were all born on that date.;)

[The ho har's]

We were all born on that date.;)




OH I wish...


Mrs hh:angel:

[LandyAndy]

OH I wish...


Mrs hh:angel:

Most of us were born before the internet Craig,some others were born a VERY long time before the internet:p:p:p:p
Andrew

[dswatts]

Most of us were born before the internet Craig,some others were born a VERY long time before the internet:p:p:p:p
Andrew

whats an internet:p

[EDG60]

whats an internet:pwhere a fish goes ...
no ... wait


'tis one of those things on ya computerer




alright alright ... I'll go ... ...

[Tote]

So when is the Unix end date? When does our world come to an end?

2038 at 03:14:07 UTC

Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Regards,

Tote

[stuee]

2038 at 03:14:07 UTC

Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem)

Regards,

Tote

Yeh but who will be using 32 bit systems in 2038 :D I'll be upgrading to a new 64 bit system sometime next year to be safe :p

[JDNSW]

Yeh but who will be using 32 bit systems in 2038 :D I'll be upgrading to a new 64 bit system sometime next year to be safe :p

As pointed out in this Wikipedia article, desktop computers are unlikely to be a problem - but embedded systems are likely to be, because they hang round a lot longer than desktops. As an example, in 2038 there may well be a few TD5 Landrovers still running, and it would be a good bet that this problem will affect them. And it is even worse, in that there are quite a few data formats that have Unix time hidden in them, even if they are on 64bit systems.

John

[Mick_Marsh]

As pointed out in this Wikipedia article, desktop computers are unlikely to be a problem - but embedded systems are likely to be, because they hang round a lot longer than desktops. As an example, in 2038 there may well be a few TD5 Landrovers still running, and it would be a good bet that this problem will affect them. And it is even worse, in that there are quite a few data formats that have Unix time hidden in them, even if they are on 64bit systems.

John
I didn't know Td5's ran unix.

[woody]

As an example, in 2038 there may well be a few TD5 Landrovers still running, and it would be a good bet that this problem will affect them.

I knew there was a reason for getting the 300 tdi ;)

[Quarks]

I don't know if the td5 ecu is unix-based, I suspect not, as given that it's operation is simply to output based on the inputs and a map of pre-stored data. Reading the description, it seems that each decision is independent of time. Also, as it was developed last century, I suspect at that time a unix-based chip would probably have been excessive for the needs, and too expensive. ;)

Anyway, I have been through the ecus on both the Defender and D2, and don't remember ever seeing the ecu give any time inputs or outputs! Certainly there would be crystal oscillators to measure time, but I don't see that there is a (need for a) continuous time counter like unix time. I'm pretty sure the alarm ecus don't count time.
There are others who would know for sure, but I'm not concerned about 2038. :)

On the other hand, I don't know about Pumas... :p

:)

[Beckford]

Yeh but who will be using 32 bit systems in 2038 :D I'll be upgrading to a new 64 bit system sometime next year to be safe :p

I tried to fix my old PC about 12 months ago.

The copy of MS Windows 7 I bought did not like the old 32 bit system and I ended up buying a new 64 bit motherboard.

[ramblingboy42]

back to the initial question.......was it introduction of metric system in Australia?

[Mick_Marsh]

back to the initial question.......was it introduction of metric system in Australia?
Read the second post.
You will find the answer there.

[JDNSW]

I don't know if the td5 ecu is unix-based,.........
:)


I don't know either - but I was just giving it as an example of an embedded system that could be around long enough for the problem to arise. But just because it did not need the bells and whistles of a Unix system, does not mean that it doesn't use one.

John