Backwards Risk
Risk-entry date = deadline − forward horizon. A 10-year controller installed in 2018 entered the Unix Y2038 window in 2028.
19 January 2038 · 03:14:07 UTC
A signed 32-bit Unix clock dies on that second. Anything bought to last a decade past install is already inside the window. This site is the countdown, the calculator, and the list of systems still on time32.
Last valid second 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC
Next second reads 1901-12-13 20:45:52 UTC
Risk-entry date = deadline − forward horizon. A 10-year controller installed in 2018 entered the Unix Y2038 window in 2028.
Give it a deadline, an install date and a service life. It tells you whether the system already intersects 2038.
Kernel 5.6 and glibc 2.34 can do 64-bit time on 32-bit hardware. Debian 13 moved 32-bit ports except i386. Old images remain.
NTP era-0 rolls on 7 February 2036. GPS week rolls on 20 November 2038. DVB-SI dates roll on 23 April 2038.
Signed 32-bit seconds since 1970-01-01. Wrap target: 13 Dec 1901.
Unsigned 32-bit seconds since 1900-01-01 in NTPv3/v4 packets.
16-bit Modified Julian Date in DVB service information. EPG and receiver clocks.
Legacy 10-bit GPS week number. Third rollover. Independent of Unix time_t.
The wire compared the Epochalypse to Y2K and put 03:14 GMT on 19 January 2038 on a national-news page.
A 30-year mortgage issued in 2009 already had to calculate past the Unix wrap.