Year 2107
The timestamp stored in FAT filesystems, introduced with MS-DOS, and applications that convert other formats to the FAT/MS-DOS format, will overflow at the end of 2107. The FAT/MS-DOS timestamp is stored in the directory entry with the year represented as an unsigned seven bit number (0–127), relative to 1980.
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