After a few months of being distracted, I've finally gotten off my ass and hammered the Y2038 fix for perl into production-worthy code. It came together rather quickly for someone that barely knows C. There's now a here's a patch. Please try it out and let me know.
Oh, and I desperately need experience C programmers to join the project. For example, the project has no installer because autoconf terrifies me. Visit the y2038 project home, sign up for the discussion list and say hi.
The y2038 project has expanded into creating a complete replacement for time.h. I'm next targeting Python and Ruby where I've identified 2038 bugs.
Oh, at some point I'll write up how the fix works.