"Our 32-bit root servers currently use the FreeBSD 4.7 operating system.
As with all Unix and Unix-like operating systems, time and dates in
FreeBSD are represented internally as the number of seconds since the
UNIX Epoch, which was the 1st of January 1970 GMT. 

32-bit systems can only store a maximum of 231 non-negative seconds
(2,147,483,648 seconds or about 68 years). Which means that 32-bit UNIX
systems won't be able to process time beyond 19 Jan 2038 at 3:14:07 AM
GMT."
http://www.gsp.com/2038/

James Rohrich
UOP LLC
25 E. Algonquin Rd.
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Tel: (847) 391-3958
james.rohrich AT uop DOT com


-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Davina Treiber
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:19 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Long term retention question


Christian Koelbl wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone know what the max is in terms of retention in networker?
> I've tried 99 years and it wasn't happy.

I think at the moment there is a limit of some time in 2038. Something 
to do with Unix times since the epoch. I expect it will change as 2038 
gets a little nearer.

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