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DiMono

Sep 16, 2015 @ 10:46pm

The game will break in 2038

Through testing I've discovered that the game will stop functioning on everyone's computer in 2038. This has to do with the way the game stores the date and time of last login - on 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, it will wrap back to a date far in the past.

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Shahadem

Sep 17, 2015 @ 1:22am

PHB: We won't a have a year 2000 problem in this company. All of our computers are new.

Dilbert:Not all.You're forgetting Black Betty.

Alice: That mainframe was replaced years ago.

PHB: Did you say Black Betty? Boy, I haven't thought about old Black Betty in ages-- Maybe never. But she's real. As real as the dwarf who sneaks into my bedroom at night and steals my underwear.

Dilbert: About that mainframe...

PHB: Not now, I'm reminiscing. Where was I?

DIlbert: Black Betty.

PHB: Ah yes, Black Betty the mainframe. Boy, oh, boy. We thought about replacing her years ago but then we thought "Well, why not just cobble our new systems "to the old one with untold miles of spaghetti code and obsolete coax cable?"

Alice: Why'd you do that?!

PHB: It was an executive decision. We figured it would save money in the short run and only later plunge the company into darkness after we executives had all left for other companies.

DIlbert: But you're still here.

PHB: Brinksmanship-- I live for it. You know how sometimes you're driving down the freeway and you pull into the oncoming lane intentionally only to swerve away at the last minute?

DIlbert: That was you? You ran me off the road.

PHB: Stared destiny right in the face.

Dilbert: You could've killed me.

Dilert: We have to do something about the millennium bug.

PHB: The millennium bug? Are you telling me that Han Solo's ship is here?

Dilbert: That's the Millennium Falcon. I'm talking about the year 2000 problem: Y2K. Look, if our computer systems are all connected to Black Betty, some ancient mainframe-- we're out of business when the date changes.

PHB: You mean all the technology is going to break?

Dilbert: Yes!

PHB: Is there any way this "collapse of civilization" thing could affect me, personally?

Dilbert: I think it might.

PHB: Okay, then. You have my full support to fix the problem. Unless it involves any sort of resources or decisions or effort on my part. Remember: Money is no object. Unless, of course, you plan to spend it.

-Later-

Wally: Why do we only use two DIGITS TO STORE THE DATES?

Some Guy: It saves space.

Wally: Yeah, but in the year 2000 the programs won't work because the computer will think it's year zero-zero.

Last edited by Shahadem; Sep 17, 2015 @ 1:26am

archmag

Sep 17, 2015 @ 5:10am

Originally posted by DiMono:
Through testing I've discovered that the game will stop functioning on everyone's computer in 2038. This has to do with the way the game stores the date and time of last login - on 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, it will wrap back to a date far in the past.

I think it's not urgent and we can wait few years before asking for a fix.

fusecavator has AdVenture Capitalist

Sep 17, 2015 @ 5:53am

Shouldn't subtracting the times still result in the correct difference when going across the overflow?

DiMono

Sep 17, 2015 @ 7:41am

Originally posted by fusecavator:
Shouldn't subtracting the times still result in the correct difference when going across the overflow?

I set my system clock to 2038 and tried to load the game, and it didn't load. Regardless of what's possible, this game won't work. It's not urgent, as archmag said, it's just a thing that happens.