360What will happen in 2038?
2 moments from 2038 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- Future · 19 January 2038 · Predicted
The Year 2038 computer clock problem
At 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, older computer systems that count time as seconds since 1970 in a signed 32-bit number will run out of space, a little like the Year 2000 bug. Engineers have been updating systems to 64-bit time, which will not run out for billions of years.
- Future · March 2038 · Anniversary
100 years since oil was discovered at Dammam
March 2038 marks 100 years since the Dammam No. 7 well, the Prosperity Well, struck oil in commercial quantities in 1938. The discovery transformed the Kingdom's future and made it one of the world's leading energy producers.