Hey Ozz!

 ON> This point concept totally fixes that

I believe it is the best fix thus far given that it doesn't require a radical
change.  However the hex part will enventually require additional nibbles as
time progresses beyond 32 bits.  An additional nibble will extend the shelf
life to Sun Aug 20 07:32:15 UTC 4147 and as long as you don't code that it must
 be 32 bits then nothing will need to be done come Sun Feb  7 06:28:15 UTC
2106.

  printf "%x\n" $(date --date="Sun Feb  7 06:28:16 UTC 2106" +%s) = 100000000

Note the extra nibble.  Mind you the above works simply because coreutils' date
 command uses a 64 bit floating point for unixtime which has a shelf life to
Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 UTC 2147485547 all things being equal ... which is highly
unlikely over two billion years.

Life is good,
Maurice

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