https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23732 --- Comment #3 from Conrad Meyer <cse.cem@xxxxxxxxx> --- 34 (signed) bits of seconds gets us to Y2242: $ touch -d 2242-01-01 test-123 $ sync ;sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"; sleep 1; sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"; sleep 1; ls -ld test-123 drwxrwxr-x 2 cmeyer cmeyer 4096 Jan 1 2242 test-123 $ touch -d 2243-01-01 test-123 $ sync ;sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"; sleep 1; sudo sh -c "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"; sleep 1; ls -ld test-123 drwxrwxr-x 2 cmeyer cmeyer 4096 Aug 3 1698 test-123 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html