Michael Hertig, "Epochalypse: When computers travel back in time", 2023-12-30
01/06/2024
Michael Hertig writes about the year 2038 bug or the "Epochalypse", describing the binary arithmetic behind storing timestamps and why you should not use a 32-bit data type in your favorite programming language to store Unix time. He provides guidance for avoiding the bug in new user land code in multiple languages.
There is a computer bug waiting to jump at us in about 14 years. Watch out for it, or you'll suddenly find yourself back in the year 1901.
https://hertig.blog/posts/epochalypse-when-computers-travel-back-in-time/
The post, written on 2023-12-30, references his 2038 countdown clock
Only 5125 days (14 years) until it's finally 20:45:52 UTC on 13 December 1901 again!