topic Re: January 19, 2038 : next Millennium bug ? in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27463#M2156 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes you've alright : MANY things.</P><P>I just wanted to initiate the conversation ; since this message I understood that 64bits counters fix the issue.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:53:53 GMT XavierBens 2018-02-11T13:53:53Z January 19, 2038 : next Millennium bug ? https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27461#M2154 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, a recent product alert (sk122612‌) highlights a problematic which will impact all unix systems in twenty years : we will have reached 2^31 seconds since epoch (January 1, 1970 midnight).</P><P>Off course Check Point products and pre-R77.30 Jumbo HF Take_143 are concerned as gaia is UNIX based.</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>Due to this, Check Point is setting the certificate expiration date to be equal to the maximum Unix epoch time.</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Do you know if there is a <SPAN class="" lang="en"><SPAN class="">global reflection of the community</SPAN></SPAN> regarding this limitation ?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:13:32 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27461#M2154 XavierBens 2018-02-05T19:13:32Z Re: January 19, 2038 : next Millennium bug ? https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27462#M2155 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not sure I understand the exact question.</P><P>In general, I expect this Unix epoch issue will impact MANY things, far more than the Y2K bug did.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:33:06 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27462#M2155 PhoneBoy 2018-02-11T00:33:06Z Re: January 19, 2038 : next Millennium bug ? https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27463#M2156 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes you've alright : MANY things.</P><P>I just wanted to initiate the conversation ; since this message I understood that 64bits counters fix the issue.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:53:53 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/27463#M2156 XavierBens 2018-02-11T13:53:53Z Re: January 19, 2038 : next Millennium bug ? https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/269237#M53284 <DIV id="bodyDisplay_2aa5a25dcb133_7" class="lia-message-body lia-component-message-view-widget-body lia-component-body-signature-highlight-escalation lia-component-message-view-widget-body-signature-highlight-escalation"> <DIV class="lia-message-body-content"> <P>Looks like R82.10 switches to 64-bit time_t, which is the biggest step towards addressing the 2038 issue:</P> <PRE class="lia-code-sample language-markup"><CODE>[Expert@SomeFirewall]# cpinfo -y fw1 This is Check Point CPinfo Build 914000224 for GAIA [FW1] HOTFIX_INEXT_NANO_EGG_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_UCA_SSH_TUNNELING_SERVICE_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_UCA_SSH_TUNNELING_APP_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_UCA_INFRA_MONITOR_SERVICE_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_UCA_INFRA_LOG_SERVICE_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_UCA_INFRA_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_PUBLIC_CLOUD_CA_BUNDLE_AUTOUPDATE HOTFIX_GOT_TPCONF_AUTOUPDATE FW1 build number: This is Check Point's software version R82.10 - Build 767 kernel: R82.10 - Build 768 [Expert@SomeFirewall]# date +%s -d"Jan 19, 2038 03:14:07Z" 2147483647 [Expert@SomeFirewall]# date +%s -d"Jan 19, 2038 03:14:08Z" 2147483648 [Expert@SomeFirewall]# date +%s -d"Jan 19, 20380 03:14:08Z" 580965016448</CODE></PRE> </DIV> </DIV> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:14:49 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/January-19-2038-next-Millennium-bug/m-p/269237#M53284 Bob_Zimmerman 2026-01-30T15:14:49Z