in 2036. However it was modified so that no overflows should occur while convert
ing between NTP, UNIX, and EPICS epochs.
In addition the conversion of fractions of a second to nanaoseconds was changed
Formatting was changed so that interesting code does not run off right side of page.
Hopefully EPICS base is now fine for Y2K.
In fact it should be fine (as far as time is converned) until the Unix epoch
overflows a 32 unsigned integer in the year 2106.