Of course, the 2038 problem doesn't account for the gobs of "date window" hacks done on legacy systems to get around the y2k mess.

Good point. And those would be worse than y2k since they'll happen at unpredictable times so nobody will be prepared. Fun.

I seem to remember somebody trying to patent the "date window" hack. Pity that's most likely unenforcable, otherwise it'll be a neat way to use a screwed up legal system to prevent people from patching bad software with even worse kludges.

Borislav