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Linux time machine: netdate fm .ac.il took me to 2036...




Hello,

  I used netdate to set the clock for a test from 3 academic sites
(weizmann, technion, tau). This worked, except the time shown on the
computer after that (date) was November 2036... I did not specify the
protocol to be used.

netdate says (with the help of strings) that it is V1.16 of 85/08/01 !!
but compiled with GCC 2.6.4. File date Dec 6 1995, size 8992. 

  The connection was PPP by modem. I am stunned. Isn't this the '31 bit'
integer date roll-over magic number (Nov. 2036) ?

the tz was not set when I ran the command (I was hoping for a sane
outcome). Ideas ?

thx,

Peter