[olug] Unix Tip: YET ANOTHER COUNTDOWN

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			Unix Tip 2045 - August  7, 2003

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YET ANOTHER COUNTDOWN 

The unix time() value will rollover 
to 10 digits for the first time in 
modern computer history starting 
Saturday Sept 8th,2001. The 
timestamp will be 10 digits long, 
and not 9.

Here's a short Perl script to 
compute the time left: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my $now=time();
my $target='1000000000';
my
($sec,$min,$hrs,$dom,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst)=localtime($target
- $now);
my $now_string=localtime(time());
my $target_string=localtime($target);
my $message=qq{today is $now_string\n$mon months $dom days $hrs
hours $min minutes $sec seconds left till U1e9
($target_string)\n};
print $message;



This tip generously supported by: scooper at absolutemadness.com


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