I guess 20+ years in the software business is a "lifetime"  :-D  Wasn't in a hurry, but didn't want to forget and slip past the 8/31/16 deadline for the upgrade deal.
thx Cake, wonderful product.... In fact, I'm on break typing this spew-age...and need to get back to recording!

Well, I hate for you to find out this way... but that is actually when you die. Sonar isn't the only advanced technology Cakewalk has, they also have a death clock.
 
:D
 
It says that on all of them, I'm guessing it has to do with the size of whatever variable they use to store that information. Since "forever" wasn't an option originally they just set it to maximum. At some point in the future they may change it, but then there's not really any rush given that they've got over a decade :D.

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sycraft has probably nailed it. There is a computing issue known as the 2038 date problem. Operating systems that use signed 32 bit integers to represent the date as seconds since 1/1/1970 run out of numbers in early 2038.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
 
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Oh lord, here we go with the whole Y2K38 doomsaday thing now.

Yes, I believe he has it wrong tho. 12/24/2037 isn't the end of mixmkr's life or an integer issue. Simply the end, period.

If I live until 2037 I'll be 100.  I wonder if I'll be around then?

on this day 12/24/2037 you'll probably return from the grandkids house, enjoy a nice cup of eggnog by the fire.
and you will hear your Intel I-17 speak to you from in the other room...
"Sonar will now self destruct"

But on a more serious note,
I hope we are all still using cakewalk something. Think of the advancements Sonar has made in the past 5 years alone with the X series. Love it or hate, you have to appreciate the way we are able to sculpt our music.
 
There was a brief moment back in the early 1990's when I thought there was no way someone could work exclusively in a digital environment. I had that same feeling again in early 2005 when I sold my Tascam MSR 16. Truth be, we are doing things now I never imagined (except electronic cut/copy/paste, I knew that was coming).
The achievements we have over come in the past decade, I cant imagine what it will be like in 2037.
 
Hopefully my grandchildren can finally get one of my mixes perfect.

chuckebaby
 
Hopefully my grandchildren can finally get one of my mixes perfect.

Priceless!!!
 

Bflat5
Oh lord, here we go with the whole Y2K38 doomsaday thing now.

Some programmers will be rolling in the dosh. I did back in 1999.