Year 2038 resilience
At 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, every signed 32-bit Unix timestamp overflows and wraps back to December 1901. That breaks any system that still stores time that way. The Legacy Systems Foundation exists to help organisations find and fix the problem before then.
I work with the Foundation on its open EPOCH+ 2038 safe™ standard. It defines what an organisation needs to do to future-proof legacy systems, prevent time-based failures and keep running beyond 2038.
- The EPOCH+ 2038 safe™ standard and benchmarks
- Open-source tools on GitHub: code scanners, audit checklists, migration patterns and test suites
- Business case templates and guidance for leaders and technical teams
- The official handbook, 2038 Digital Epochalypse: Preparing Your Business for the Next Global Crisis