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Status Future consideration
Workspace AIX
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 13, 2024

Y2038 problem in AIX

Please check that AIX don't use two-digit years and would function after 2038.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

One of the examples of the problem - man chuser.


       expires
Identifies the expiration date of the account. The Value parameter is a 10-character string in the MMDDhhmmyy form, where MM =
month, DD = day, hh = hour, mm = minute, and yy = last 2 digits of the years 1939 through 2038. All characters are numeric. If
the Value parameter is 0, the account does not expire. The default is 0. See the date command for more information.



Idea priority High