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Why should a Java programmer care about year 2038 bug?

Asked 2010-11-30T12:24:48.397
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Year 2038 Bug is all over the web, But this seems to be a unix issue. How will this affect java Date ?

java unix date year2038
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I don't believe it will impact the Java Date class as for as the programmer is concerned. It's already using 64-bit values. I can see it being a problem if you're using a data store that still uses 32-bit values. I don't expect to see too many 32-bit OSes around in 27 years.

answered 2010-11-30T12:34:10.903

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