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openSUSE Linux @opensuse@fosstodon.org
· 2mo ago
#Y2K38 isn't a distant problem; #openSUSE developers have been finding real breakages by #testing with #2038 clocks. #GCC now has -Wtime_t-conversion warnings, and #Leap 16 ships 2038-safe by default. The #community is tackling this head-on. https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/20/os-community-tackling-y2k38-epoch/
Open-Source Community Tackling Y2K38 Epoch
openSUSE News

Open-Source Community Tackling Y2K38 Epoch

Just 12 years remain before a fundamental limit in timekeeping threatens to disrupt unprepared computer systems; Y2K38 is the new Y2K, and open-source contri...

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BEOZ @beoz@det.social
· 3mo ago
Fast 20 Jahre Zeitsprung bei Telstra: ein starkes Indiz für ein GPS-Week-Number-Rollover bzw. ein Epoch-Problem. Das zeigt einmal mehr, welche realen Ausfälle Zeit-Rollover auslösen können – und warum Y2K38 ernst genommen werden muss. Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/2006-throwback-took-down-telstra-national-phone-networ Kenia: https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/gps-timing-glitch-sparks-telstra-network-collapse #GPS #Y2K38 #Zeitsynchronisation
How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network
the Guardian

How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network

The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network

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