On 20 November 2013 11:29, Alex Vandiver <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 11:13 -0800, Landon Stewart wrote: > > > Is using > "1970-01-01 00:00:00” the only way? > > Currently, yes. > Ok thank you. > > Seems like that definite value might be begging for bugs or something > > if somehow the unset date equals "1970-01-01 05:00:00” for some reason > > down the road. I just want to make sure I’m not setting myself up for > > buggy behaviour in the future. > > That magic date is the "UNIX epoch," and will not change. > - Alex > Oh I knew it was the Unix epoch date/time but I was concerned that maybe if the server’s timezone changed it could somehow offset the epoch. I guess since that’s simply the ‘display’ version of null then it’s safe to use it as a constant. Anyway thanks again. -- Landon Stewart :: [email protected] Lead Specialist, Abuse and Security Management Spécialiste principal, gestion des abus et sécurité http://iweb.com :: +1 (888) 909-4932
