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#153 log4cpp Timestamp class does not seem year 2038 ready

Milestone: Feature Request

Status: closed-fixed

Owner: Alexander Perepelkin

Labels: Timestamp (1)

Priority: 5

Updated: 2026-03-24

Created: 2021-03-24

Creator: Adrien Destugues

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Hi,
I noticed that the Timestamp class exposes the time as a signed 32bit number of seconds (from the documentation here: http://log4cpp.sourceforge.net/api/classlog4cpp_1_1TimeStamp.html). I think this means it is subject to the year 2038 problem. Are there plans to solve this?

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Alexander Perepelkin - 2026-03-24

status: open --> open-accepted

assigned_to: Alexander Perepelkin
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Alexander Perepelkin - 2026-03-24

@pulkomandy,

Thank you, Adrien, for bringing this issue.
There is commit https://sourceforge.net/p/log4cpp/codegit/ci/338670431fc9cc41b95f792ddeef20a203d112a2/ to address this.

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Alexander Perepelkin - 2026-03-24

labels: --> Timestamp

status: open-accepted --> closed-fixed
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