Y2038 bug

[oldbloke]

Starting on May 12, 2006, many installations of the AOLServer web server
failed. [snip techy stuff]
It was then noted by a perceptive
person that the servers all failed on or before exactly one billion seconds
before the end of the Unix epoch in 2038. Many installations had very long
database timeouts, which caused the software to look ahead and see the End
of Time. [more snips]

The thread discussing the problem and its resolution is here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/aolserver@listserv.aol.com/msg09812.html

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I'm still disappointed they didn't move to a 64-bit time_t in one of the glibc transitions of times past.