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 POSIX operating systems have made strong inroads into embedded  POSIX operating systems have made strong inroads into embedded
 roles, so this is anticipated to be substantially worse than the Y2K transition.  roles, so this is anticipated to be substantially worse than the Y2K transition.
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 Over the summer of 2013, Philip Guenther started the OpenBSD work to  In August of 2012, Philip Guenther started the OpenBSD work to
 solve this.  The <b>time_t</b> type was changed to int64_t on all  solve this.
 platforms, and the kernel and userland were adapted to the new  After a year of work it was ready enough for merging, and in August 2013
 situation. The initial work was commited right after OpenBSD 5.4,  the <b>time_t</b> type was changed to int64_t on all
 then polished over the next 6 months.  platforms and the kernel and userland were adapted to the new
   situation. The initial work was committed right after OpenBSD 5.4,
   then polished in tree over the next 6 months.
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 The next part of the process was to drag the "ports" software  The next part of the process was to drag the "ports" software
 ecosystem along because noone else had paved the way for 32-bit  ecosystem along because no one else had paved the way for 32-bit
 machines to run with 64-bit <b>time_t</b>.  This required a fair  machines to run with 64-bit <b>time_t</b>.  This required a fair
 bit of upstream involvement. Thousands of fixes were required to  bit of upstream involvement. Thousands of fixes were required to
 make both 32-bit and 64-bit time work transparently.  There will  make both 32-bit and 64-bit time work transparently.  There will
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