How can mongodb handle ObjectId timestamp beyond Tue, 19 Jan 2038?

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As per MongoDB official docs, they states that:

ObjectId values consists of 12-bytes, where the first four bytes are a timestamp that reflect the ObjectId’s creation, specifically:

• a 4-byte value representing the seconds since the Unix epoch,
• a 3-byte machine identifier,
• a 2-byte process id, and
• a 3-byte counter, starting with a random value.

I'm just wondering what's gonna happen on Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:08 GMT when the unix time will be equal to 2147483648 which doesn't fit the 4-byte timestamp in ObjectId *philosoraptor meme*

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Basim Hennawi

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How can mongodb handle ObjectId timestamp beyond Tue, 19 Jan 2038?