Re: [HACKERS] Postgres - Y2K Compliant....Yes or No

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

To: Tom <tom@sdf.com>

Cc: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>, chris_d_williams@itd.sterling.com, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org

Date: 1998-10-20T05:07:17Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

>   2038 is for 31 bit (signed int) times, if we simply go to a unsigned 
> int that will extend things for another 68 years, and break very few 
> things. By 2106, I'm sure we'll have something better to do.

Hmm. I'm hoping that I'm still around in 2039 to be *really annoyed* if
I can't store my pre-1970 birthdate in Postgres ;)

                - Thomas