>
> First thanks to those of you who responded, (see list below)
>
> (Paraphrased from Kirk Anderson)
> SunOs will happily role over from 31-Dec-1999 to the year 2000 however
> the date function will not allow you to set a date past 31-Dec-1999.
>
> (Even thou it won't set the date, it will report it properly. Also note,
> that scripts utilizing the sun distributed date will fail.)
>
> Another responder pointed out that gnu date will handle the date properly.
>
>
>
> The majority indicated that UNIX keeps time in seconds since Jan 1, 1970 and
> is stored as a 64 bit value. So for UNIX systems it will not be a problem until
> the year 2037 (2^64). (someone passed along this quote "who cares--we'll all
> be retired by then!")
Correction:
As pointed out by Casper.
32 bit, and the year 2037 is 1970 + 2^31 seconds. (time is signed)
>
> Several responders tried to make the point that "SunOS is going away" and
> we should get going on replacing it with Solaris. The problem with this is
> the 500 legacy systems we have installed through out the world. (But thats
> our problem)
>
>
> Recommended sources for additional information included:
> http://www.year2000.com/
>
> http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-04-1996/swol-04-sysadmin.html
>
> SunExpert October 1996 UNIX Basics ( Year 2000 )
>
> SunSolve Document enotify/13631
>
>
> The only information still being investigated is the following information
> found via a link from www.year2000.com
>
> > http://www.mitre.org/research/cots/vendors/SunOS.html
> >
> > Products: Sparcstations, SunOS, Solaris
> >
> > The current beta version of Solaris has all UNIX System V fixes and known C library fixes.
> > It should be available for general release before the end of 1996. SunOS is no longer
> > being upgraded, and has known bugs in system and library routines. Setting the date beyond
> > the year 2000 and rebooting will cause the clock to lock on SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3 and 2.4.
> >
> >
> > Last Updated 06-01-1996
> > Source: SenCom Test
>
--
David Young - Eaton Corp. - dyoung@bev.etn.com
Beverly Ma
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