The year 2038 bug !! Similar to Y2k.

Well many of you might have already got it as forwarded emails. And many may not agree that it will be able to cause some problem. But i just wanted to post it for some information. I was goooooogling around to found out , whether Y2K bug will be repeated by any chance in some other form. And yeah, it seems it will …..

I have not tried this with windows Vista , but with windows XP, it does create a trouble.

Just do a little jig with your computer. Change the date and time to anything after

Jan19 , 2038 03:14:07 AM .

And just check whether everything works fine with your system . As for me when I tried this , my yahoo messenger crashed and windows was getting hanged much often.

There is a lot of technical information available on internet talking about some 32 bit , 64 bit mystery which i never care to understand. So if any one of you do understand anything … dont forget to post a comment or post thread in the forum and teach me what actually causes this.

There is a site totally devoted on this bug is http://www.2038bug.com

Do share some knowledge if you find some time ;-)


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