Article 6YWR8 Debian isn't waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything

Debian isn't waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything

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Story ImageWe say everything... just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away

Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug - also known as the Unix Epochalypse - by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the oldest of supported hardware, starting with the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" release....

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