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The universe started in 1970. Anyone claiming to be over 38 is lying about their age.

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[Cueball sits at a computer, staring at the screen and rubbing his chin in thought. A friend stands behind him.]
Cueball: Weird โ€” My code's crashing when given pre-1970 dates.
Friend [pointing at Cueball and his computer]: Epoch fail!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Which is why 64 bit time has been widely adopted and even made to work on 32 bit systems. 2038 is already a problem in some areas and nobody wants Y2K issues again, so people are getting it solved much earlier than last time.