On 17 Nov 2011, at 16:01, Tedd Sperling wrote: > To all: > > Okay, so now that we have had people reply, here's my take. > > The Unix timestamp started on 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 -- and that was a > Thursday. > > The second before (i.e., 31 December, 1969 23:59:59:59 + 0000) was null, > which was Wednesday.
I take issue with this. The second before was -1 seconds from the epoch. Null is the absence of a value, so you can't get to null by simple arithmetic. I learnt about negative numbers from the Greeks. And no, I'm not going to comment on their current mathematical difficulties. Hmm. D'oh! But the point still stands: -1 !== null. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
