stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months agoThe Twitter app just went very, very strangewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down163file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkThe Twitter app just went very, very strangewww.independent.co.ukstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredhork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down1·10 months ago The unusual date is seemingly a consequence of the so-called Unix epoch.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoI’ve already had to deal with Y2038 bugs about 15 years ago. Cookies in PHP couldn’t (and I think still can’t) be set with an expiration date beyond the end of Unix time.
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThey are using 31-bit signed integers.
Did Y2038 come early?
I’ve already had to deal with Y2038 bugs about 15 years ago. Cookies in PHP couldn’t (and I think still can’t) be set with an expiration date beyond the end of Unix time.
They are using 31-bit signed integers.