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Re: [LUG] Major Geekage...

 

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Hansen wrote:

> Rob Beard wrote:
>> On 13/02/2009 08:32, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm sure most of you are aware of this already, but at 11:31:30
>>> tonight, the datestamp will be 1234567890.
>>>
>>> My geek-factor just went up by one... :o(
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>> Yeah I heard about that, I'll set my watch, it'll be like New Years all
>> over again. (Okay maybe not like New Years).
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>>
> Can this please be explained to an OAP who cannot work it out.
>
> I make it: 23/31/30/13/02/2009. How that equates with 1234567890 eludes me.

Unix (Linux) time is based on the number of seconds since the 1st of 
January 1970 UTC.

So 1234567890 since that date (AKA The Epoch) will be at 23:31:30 tonight.

To check, type:

   date -d @1234567890

Which gives:

   Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 GMT 2009

Gordon

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