doc/year2038.texi

   1 @node Avoiding the year 2038 problem
   2 @section Avoiding the year 2038 problem
   3
   4 The ``year 2038 problem'' denotes unpredictable behaviour of programs
   5 that will likely occur in the year 2038, for programs that use a 32-bit
   6 @samp{time_t} type.  See @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem}
   7 for details.
   8
   9 The gnulib module @samp{year2038} attempts to avoid this problem, by
  10 ensuring that @code{time_t} is a 64-bit type.