Research
Global coordination requirements for 2038-class rollover events
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The Brief
- ITU-T technical paper XSTP.epoch consolidates global understanding of timekeeping risks.
- The paper covers a cluster of structurally distinct discontinuities arriving between 2036 and 2038.
- The 2106 horizon is treated as a long-tail consideration.
Why it matters
The paper provides a consolidated reference on upcoming timekeeping discontinuities, which developers maintaining long-lived systems may use when planning time handling.
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Technical Paper ITU-T XSTP.epoch consolidates global understanding of risks associated with a cluster of structurally distinct timekeeping discontinuities arriving between 2036 and 2038, with the 2106 horizon treated as a long-tail consideration (collectively referred to as…