unfortunately this page got deleted by accident, this version is restored from https://web.archive.org/web/20150318062024/http://kernelnewbies.org/y2038, but most of the formatting is still missing. The year 2038 problem All 32-bit kernels to date use a signed 32-bit time_t type, which can only represent time until January 2038. Since embedded systems running 32-bit Linux are going to survive beyo