US EditionHundreds of Rers, Metros and Trams Are Likely to Be Unusable in 2038 Due to a Bug
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The Paris Administrative Court ordered Alstom to correct the "bug of the year 2038" present in the train software delivered to RATP for years. The manufacturer will appeal.
A digital time bomb threatens Parisian transport. The courts have just ordered Alstom to fix a critical bug that could paralyze the RER A and several metro lines as early as January 2038.
If you've been following the news in the last few days, you've probably heard about the 2038 bug at RATP. On January 19, 2038 at 3:14, 7 seconds, many RAPT trains could be paralyzed because of the 2038 bug, alias Y2038 Bug or Posix Bug. Will the big bug be the skin of metros and trains?The RATP case dates back to 2017 when teams discover that trains would be impacted by this bug. The systems could not pass the date and time beyond the capacity o…
The countdown is launched. A critical computer flaw threatens to paralyze a large part of the Parisian transports in 2038. Justice has just condemned the manufacturer Alstom for concealment, forcing it to correct this "bug of the year 2000" modern version under penalty of colossal fines.
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