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Gordon Henderson wrote: > 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 > > Thanks for explanation. John W -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html