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 02/13/2009 02:00:39 PM · #1
Actually ‘countup’â€Â¦the UNIX epoch time will be 1234567890 in a few hours!


02/13/2009 02:24:45 PM · #2
Bump! Very cool (in a nerdy, esoteric, bizarre, geeky kinda way.... which is VERY COOL to me...)! :P
02/13/2009 05:16:59 PM · #3
Happy 1234567890 day!

To provide a little more info, the most common way of representing time in most computing systems is seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970). And today, in about an hour and 20 minutes, the time will be 1234567890 seconds, according to most computers.

Here's a countdown website, listing all the "parties" happening around the world. =)

Also of note, it'll be the Year 2000 Bug all over again when this number exceeds the capacity of a 32-bit data type.

-Jeff (no problem showing my nerdy side)
 02/13/2009 06:28:50 PM · #4
Originally posted by smurfguy:

Also of note, it'll be the Year 2000 Bug all over again when this number exceeds the capacity of a 32-bit data type.


For those wondering, Feb. 07, 2106

Originally posted by smurfguy:

-Jeff (no problem showing my nerdy side)


Yeh, me neither ;-)
 02/13/2009 06:31:35 PM · #5
Oh, and happy 1234567890 day!
 02/13/2009 06:35:24 PM · #6
I watched it rollover and saw all the fireworks.

I Guess I'm a closet geek

Cheers

Ron
 02/13/2009 07:06:47 PM · #7
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by smurfguy:

Also of note, it'll be the Year 2000 Bug all over again when this number exceeds the capacity of a 32-bit data type.


For those wondering, Feb. 07, 2106


And by Feb 7, 2106, you mean January 19, 2038? :P

Oh oh oh! Nerd fight!!! :D

ETE (edit to explain) - 2106 would work if one changed time_t to unsigned, but that would break more than it's worth fixing. I'm not aware of any operating systems which have actually made that change. Except maybe BSD, but does that really count as an operating system any more? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I said it! WHADDYAGONNADOOOOOOO?! :D


Message edited by author 2009-02-13 19:09:29.
 02/13/2009 07:09:27 PM · #8
January 19, 2038 nonono thats the end of time !!!!
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