Source Word
year 2038 problem
Noun
(computing)
An
issue
for
computing
and
data
storage
situations
in
which
time
values
are
stored
or
calculated
as
a
signed
32-bit
integer,
and
this
number
is
interpreted
as
the
number
of
seconds
since
00:00:00
UTC
on
1
January
1970.
Such
implementations
cannot
encode
times
after
03:14:07
UTC
on
19
January
2038
Japanese Meaning
2038年問題：コンピュータとデータストレージ環境において、時間値を1970年1月1日00:00:00（UTC）からの秒数として32ビット符号付き整数で表現する際、2038年1月19日03:14:07（UTC）以降の時間を正確に扱えなくなる問題を指す。
Sense（1）
(computing)
An
issue
for
computing
and
data
storage
situations
in
which
time
values
are
stored
or
calculated
as
a
signed
32-bit
integer,
and
this
number
is
interpreted
as
the
number
of
seconds
since
00:00:00
UTC
on
1
January
1970.
Such
implementations
cannot
encode
times
after
03:14:07
UTC
on
19
January
2038
