Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:09:12 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Benny Goemans <benny.Goemans@telenet.be> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Historical Unix day Message-ID: <4239ABA8.9040608@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4239A778.2060402@freebsd.org> References: <42396E9E.5020302@telenet.be> <4239A778.2060402@freebsd.org>
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On 17/03/2005 15:51 Mark Ovens gurgled: > On 17/03/2005 11:48 Benny Goemans gurgled: > >> Hi, >> >> this is completely non FreeBSD related, but it is a Unix related >> announcement, so I sent this to the announce mailingslist and now also >> to the freebsd-chat list. >> This night (at least in GMT time) will be the most special day ever for >> Unix and Linux users: >> >> it will be EXACTLY 1111111111 seconds since january 1, 1970; I think we >> should all have a nice little Unix party then :D >> > > Specifically, just before 2a.m. GMT Friday... > > postbag# date -r 1111111111 > Fri Mar 18 01:58:31 GMT 2005 > > Is that when the party starts, or finishes? either way, it's going to be > a late night :-) > Hmmm, this prompted me to see when the next milestone date, 1234567890, is.... postbag# date -r 1234567890 Fri Feb 13 23:31:30 GMT 2009 Friday the 13th :-( Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0511-0, 15/03/2005 Tested on: 17/03/2005 16:09:13 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
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