Is it possible to set the date on a Linux machine to the year 2040?
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I need to be able to set the date on Ubuntu (8.04.4 LTS) to the year 2040 (to test something that isn't relevant to this question). Is that possible?
I can run:
$ sudo date -s "15 JAN 2038 18:00:00"
Fri Jan 15 18:00:00 PST 2038
...but:
$ sudo date -s "15 JAN 2039 18:00:00"
date: invalid date `15 JAN 2039 18:00:00'
Is the limit somewhere in 2038 (or prior to Jan. 15, 2039)? Does this change with different versions of Linux?
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