/** When does the UNIX date get into trouble? */
public class Y2038 {
public static void main(String[] a) {
// This should yield 2038AD, the hour of doom for the
// last remaining 32-bit UNIX systems (there will be
// millions of 64-bit UNIXes by then).
long expiry = 0x7FFFFFFFL;
System.out.println("32-bit UNIX expires on " +
Long.toHexString(expiry) + " or " +
new java.util.Date(expiry * 1000));
}
}
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