It seems the end of computer is near. Well, it
could happen if upcoming problem which is set to
happen on Tuesday 19 January 2038 at 8:44 AM
IST. Actually a bug is expected to hit the web on
the particular date and its already named as
Y2038. Just like Y2K bug, if the bug remains
unattended the bug might crash several
thousands or millions of systems, but chances of
crashing of banking systems or any other major
support system are far far away.
So, what the heck is Y2038 Bug?
We assume you know every computer system works
through a processor which acts as heart of the
machine. In the year 2038 due to the limitations
in 32-bit processor systems, the machines
powered by them are expected to crash. It is
expected that when the time will strike 03:14 UTC
(8:44 AM IST) on 19 January 2038, computers
running on 32-bit processors won’t be able to
change the date and time and since, the computer
systems starts measuring time from the year
1970. The computers won’t be able to tell the
difference between 2038 and 1970.
Now, the question arises why this only happens
to 32-bit architecture processors...
32-bit processors are able to run 32-bit software
and can handle 2 different values or to be
precise 4,294,967,295 different values with a
maximum of 4GB of memory. Since, the value
4,294,967,295 cannot just be used for
timekeeping, hence the value is halved for time
keeping and the rest is kept for data storage
applications.
How The Date Will Change on 19 Jan 2038 and
what exactly is going to happen
As, the computers measures time in seconds from
a certain date i.e. from 1st January 1970.
2,147,483,647 seconds going to get past at
03:14:07 UTC (8:44 AM IST) on 19 January 2038.
This will likely to crash systems running on 32-bit
machines.
Whats the solution to this bug?
To be precise and clear, this cannot be defined as
a bug. And in reality, almost every computer,
laptop, mobile or anything which runs through a
processor will be replaced with a better processor
running on much higher bit architecture.
Probably Indian Government Office Systems
might be at risk 😛
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