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* m4/year2038.m4: New file. * modules/year2038: New file. * doc/year2038.texi: New file. * doc/gnulib.texi: Include it.
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@node Avoiding the year 2038 problem
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@section Avoiding the year 2038 problem
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The ``year 2038 problem'' denotes unpredictable behaviour of programs
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that will likely occur in the year 2038, for programs that use a 32-bit
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@samp{time_t} type. See @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem}
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for details.
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The gnulib module @samp{year2038} attempts to avoid this problem, by
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ensuring that @code{time_t} is a 64-bit type.
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