http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem#Known_problems In May 2006, reports surfaced of an early Y2038 problem in the AOLserver software. The software would specify that a database request should "never" time out by specifying a timeout date one billion seconds in the future. One billion seconds (just over 31 years 251 days and 12 hours) after 21:27:28 on 12 May 2006 is beyond the 2038 cutoff date, so after this date, the timeout calculation overflowed and calculated a timeout date that was actually in the past, causing the software to crash. The Future Lies Ahead (2006-06-28). http://substitute.livejournal.com/1430908.html Shiobara, Dossy (2006-05-17). Something wrong after 2006-05-12 21:25. http://www.mail-archive.com/aolserver@listserv.aol.com/msg09812.html Mike