datetime - Maximum time() | PHP

Question

It's kind of a silly question, but what would be the maximum INT value of a time() and it's future date, e.g.

1st January 2999

Would time() ever get to that value? Going for a large time() value would return this:

Thu 1st Jan 1970 1:00AM

A normal int date

1287320788 - outputs today's date: Sun 17th Oct 2010 2:06PM

But I'm only curious for the biggest int date and the last date.

Answer 1

The last 32-Bit Integer timestamp will be reached January 19, 2038. This is known as the Year 2038 problem.