Will computers be wiped out on 19 January 2038?

[BrilloPad]

Will computers be wiped out on 19 January 2038? Outdated PC systems will not be able to cope with time and date, experts warn | Daily Mail Online

Ah, the old Microsoft Foundation Classes CTime limitation.

If anyone wants me to fix it, I'll get out of bed for £5k a day

Allowing for inflation, £5k a day in 2038 is worth about 10p a day now. About the same rate as AndyW's mum

[VectraMan]

Ah, the old Microsoft Foundation Classes CTime limitation.

As said, it's not MFC, it's the original UNIX time_t function being in all C standard libraries, which happened long before Bjarne had thought up C++. The stupid thing is that it's a signed number; if they'd made it unsigned we'd have another 68 years to worry about it.

In VS2013 at least, both time_t and MFC's CTime are 64 bit.

[vetran]

Allowing for inflation, £5k a day in 2038 is worth about 10p a day now. About the same rate as AndyW's mum

yes but its quantity not quality AndyW's mum charges 10p per day per client, she is worried about the 45% tax rate.