Do you think 2038 will become another Y2K situation?

[Oliverlogan263]

I'm not making this a poll because I want something more in depth. The way that UNIX computer systems count time is with a 32-bit method. The clock started on January 1, 1970, and won't end until January 19, 2038. Once it reaches that date, it'll reach integer overflow and start over. This will affect many devices from cars to personal computers. Even banks are running into this problem already. While 2038 doesn't have the same level of excitement as 2000, ushering in the new millennium, but the year itself does sound pretty futuristic to me. What do you think?

Yes

No

[Siri137]

It's already almost May of 2024. 2038 will be here in almost no time at all, but nothing spectacular is going to happen. The kind of people who put their faith in things like this also believed that Y2K would be an issue, and that the world would end according to the "Mayan calendar" in Dec. of 2012. Prophets of gloom and doom always get it wrong.

[MrOracle]

The thing that made Y2K such a problem is that it affected EVERYTHING with a date that was computerized, including embedded systems, tons of custom stuff, huge mainframes - EVERYTHING.

2038 only affects UNIX-based systems, and while there are lots of those, they are largely software-based, and many fewer OSs, so overall, there is a ton less work updating these systems. It will be a big project, sure, but still a fraction of Y2K.

[handsomelad70]

Thanks, MrOracle.

[FunkyMonkee]

No. Considering nothing happened last time, why would it happen in 2038? I mean, WHY would it happen in `38? What's so special about 2038? Or, does it have something to do with 38 Special?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vJtf7R_oVaw

[NamerOfStars]

That 2000 didn't usher in anything, except me telling people that it wasn't a new millennium, and me telling people it wasn't a leap year.

No one believed me on either, but both were true.

[kuroikoi]

Nah wayyyyy, we survived back in 1999 and nowadays we got ai to probably fix that ish right up before it gets hairy. Plus like goddamn 2038 is so far away. Something else will probably wipe us out before that lol.

[handsomelad70]

Could be, but since I'd be 85 in 2038, I likely won't be on this side of the ground.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

No, quite different