Day of week routine

[Charlie Geyer]

In response to Henry Spencer's question

> What will happen when the 32-bit Unix date goes negative in mid-January
> 2038 does not bear thinking about ... :-)

David Gibbs in article <534 at bnr-fos.UUCP> dgibbs at bcars115.UUCP replies

> Nothing of course, because nobody (but nobody) will be using piddly little
> 32-bit machines in 2038.

To which Henry replies
 
> Dream on ... :-)  The transition from 32 to 64 is going to be long
> and painful; I predict that there will still be plenty of 32-bit
> machines serving in secondary roles in 2038.

What's more, the 64 bit hardware will all be running 32 bit software.
Count on it.