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Y2038.javaAPI DocExample426Tue Nov 25 13:21:42 GMT 2003None

Y2038

public class Y2038 extends Object
When does the UNIX date get into trouble?

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public static voidmain(java.lang.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));