the Year 2038 problem

Just saw this article on Reddit, thought you /programmers/ might be interested:
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rogermw/Y2038.html

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Here's a more apt analogy: it's not like anyone will use software compiled in 1969 in 2000.
The fix doesn't even involve any rewriting of old code, just a recompiling of software using statically linked libraries.