Unix Epoch

Andrew Gould andrewlylegould at gmail.com
Sat Feb 14 06:02:12 PST 2009


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Jos Chrispijn <jos at webrz.net> wrote:

> On 13.02.2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), Unix time was equal to
> '1234567890'. This was the total time that has been elapsed since 1 januari
> 1970 0:00 UTC. After having survived from a major headache (...) I wonder
> whether this can technically affect my system or is it just a milestone in
> history?
>
> Jos Chrispijn
> _______________________________________________


It is my understanding that this event resulted in a certain amount of
alcohol consumption yesterday.  It is possible, therefore, depending on how
you define "technically affect", that certain systems may experience
certain......inefficiencies today.  Your mileage may vary.  ;-)


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