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Party Like its 1234567890
I witnessed this awesomeness first hand, today.
Today I witnessed history — Unix history, that is. At 3:31:30PM today, the Unix epoch timestamp passed the 1234567890 mark.
So, what exactly does this mean?
Essentially, computer time starts on January 1st, 1970 at midnight. We call this time zero (represented by 64 zeroes in binary) and count up from there. Ever since the beginning of 1970, this little 32-bit integer has been counting upwards (in seconds) to keep track of time in computer systems everywhere. Servers, phones, traffic systems, planes, and many other electronic devices all use Unix time. Unix time can be found everywhere, certainly not just in the Unix operating system.
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Posted under Computer Science on Feb 14, 2009.
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Feross Aboukhadijeh - Stanford, CA
Hi, this is Feross. I'm a computer science student at Stanford University (class of 2012). I'm interested in Internet technology, web development, and computer security. I like hacking on cool software projects, running, basketball, retro video games, and shiny gadgets.
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