I was thinking of using TIMESTAMP to store the date+time, but I read that there is a limitation of year 2038 on it. Instead of asking my question in bulk, I preferred to break it up into small parts so that it is easy for novice users to understand as well. So my question(s):
I am of of the understanding that due to the nature that PHP represents dates using milliseconds, you cannot represent dates past 2038. I have a problem where I want to calculate dates far in the future. Thousands of years away.
I just found out, running a calendar script, that timestamps in PHP has a limit to 2038. What does it really mean? Why is it 2038 instead of 2050 or 2039? Why a limit if timestamps just count seconds from a given date (1970)?
