So world ends today, watcha gonna do?

[wiggy]

Well it looks like the Mayan Empire was on UTC-6, or US Central Time Zone.  That would make it about 7:20 PM as of this post.

We'll see...

[Arseen]

Well it looks like the Mayan Empire was on UTC-6, or US Central Time Zone.  That would make it about 7:20 PM as of this post.

We'll see...

Yes but we don't know which time they used , or which dates they used.

We use modern time and dates, but but what did they use?

[Forte]

its all made up horse shit, which is too bad since I was hoping the planet would explode today. oh well, now I'll wait for the year 2038 problem to kill us all like Y2K did oh wait

[Dr.Agon]

its all made up horse shit, which is too bad since I was hoping the planet would explode today. oh well, now I'll wait for the year 2038 problem to kill us all like Y2K did oh wait

wait, whats supposedly happening in 2038?

[JDavis]

wait, whats supposedly happening in 2038?

Short version:

Computers normally tell time by counting the seconds since 00:00:00 January 1st 1970, UTC.

At 03:14:08 January 19 2038, any computers using a signed 32-bit integer to keep track of time will run out of digits, flipping over into negative, and resulting in the time being interpreted as 20:45:52 December 13th 1901.

Long version: Wikipedia article

[wiggy]

So it's literally the same issue as 2K1.  Yeah, I'm sure there won't be a fix for that problem 

[scarmullet]

the problem has already been fixed, by moving up to systems that can use 64 bit integers, which wont run out for billions of years.

[wiggy]

But that assumes EVERYTHING will be 64bit+ by 2038 (which actually seems quite realistic)

[Arseen]

So it's literally the same issue as 2K1.  Yeah, I'm sure there won't be a fix for that problem 

Y2K

[wiggy]

Haha, can you tell I'm a game dork?

[zakurowrath]

But that assumes EVERYTHING will be 64bit+ by 2038 (which actually seems quite realistic)

Lets hope so, hell everything should be 64bit by the middle to end of this decade, I'm tired of that 4GB RAM limit. I'm guessing 128 bit would be next in 15-20 years, just depends on how technology flows.

[wiggy]

I think Moore's Law would put 128bit at roughly 2020, but who knows how long that will hold up...

[zygmuray]

[Dr.Agon]

wait, whats supposedly happening in 2038?

Short version:

Computers normally tell time by counting the seconds since 00:00:00 January 1st 1970, UTC.

At 03:14:08 January 19 2038, any computers using a signed 32-bit integer to keep track of time will run out of digits, flipping over into negative, and resulting in the time being interpreted as 20:45:52 December 13th 1901.

Long version: Wikipedia article

how long have they known this? 25 years should be more than enough to eliminate this problem...

also, december 24th and im still here!

[wiggy]

40 more minutes of Dec. 23rd here and counting...