Dates > 2038 not working

[fergbrain]

The plugin causes an error when dates are greater than 2038. I have seen this mentioned in the comments on your site but is there a fix for this? Here is the debug info.

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'DateTime::__construct() [datetime.--construct]: Failed to parse time string (@) at position 0 (@): Unexpected character' in /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php:1222 Stack trace: #0 /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php(1222): DateTime->__construct('@') #1 /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php(654): Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer_Event->__construct(false) #2 /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php(968): Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer->singleTimer('January 1, 2100') #3 [internal function]: Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer->shortcode_singleTimer(Array, '', 'fergcorp_cdt_si...') #4 /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-includes/shortcodes.php(283): call_user_func(Array, Array, '', 'fergcorp_cdt_si...') #5 [internal fun in /nas/wp/www/cluster-3156/resurfacr/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php on line 1222

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