As a general rule, Linux is Year 2000 compliant.

As with most Unix-like operating systems, Linux currently is written with a 32-bit date representation. This suggests that Linux will have difficulty in the year 2038 unless the kernel and associated source code are migrated to 64-bit implementations capable of handling dates for another two billion years. Given that Linux developers have forty years in which to address the problem, it is very likely that solutions will be implemented long before the year 2038.

The following web sites discuss Linux and the Year 2000:

• Linux in the New Millennium
• Linux and Year 2000 (Christopher Browne)
• Linux and Year 2000 (UK.Linux.Org)
• GNU Software in the Year 2000
• List of GNU Software and Year 2000 Problems
• Year 2000 Compliance: Lawyers, Liars, and Perl
• Open Group Desktop Technologies in the Year 2000
• Apache Year 2000 Statement
• Apache and the Year 2000
• Redhat Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure
• Debian and the Millennium Bug
• Debian and Y2K - technical information
• S.u.S.E. Linux and the Year 2000
• S.u.S.E. Linux and the Year 2000 - Update
• Applixware/Anyware and the Year 2000
• Time Travel - Linux Kernel Module for testing Year 2000 Compliance
• Sendmail Year 2000 Statement
• Sun Microsystems Year 2000 Product Compliance Status List
• Samba Year 2000 Statement
• Tcl Year 2000 Compliance
• Python Y2K Statement
• Year 2000 FAQ
• Y2K Links and Forums
• IEEE - USA Y2K Resource Page

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