note 55424 modified in function.date by derick

From: Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:36:48 +0000
Subject: note 55424 modified in function.date by derick
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I seems to me that we're rapidly apporaching another Y2K event. The date-function only handles dates up to 2038, and this is only some 30 years away. Even today is it impossible to use date() to represent my children's 50 years birthday. Just think about it, when you're designing your code. [ed.: This limitation is gone in PHP 5.1 and higher, although PHP itself limits integers still to 32bit] --was-- I seems to me that we're rapidly apporaching another Y2K event. The date-function only handles dates up to 2038, and this is only some 30 years away. Even today is it impossible to use date() to represent my children's 50 years birthday. Just think about it, when you're designing your code. http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

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