Got this from a friend whose MN license plate is UNIX. Begin copy of note
I'm curious if your friends on the time wizards mailing list have noticed that an important moment in computer history approaches. On Thursday night, 21:40 PM CST, it will be exactly 1.5 billion seconds since Jan 1, 1970 UT, the Unix EPOCH. At that instant, billions of Linux and Unix computers and devices, everywhere on the planet, will all return time() == 1500000000. It will not be until 2033 when that number reaches 2 Billion. The Thursday date is computed as follows: % cat >epoch.c #include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { const time_t gsec = 1.5e9; struct tm thursday = *localtime(&gsec); char buf[100]; strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S", &thursday); printf("Epoch + 1.5B seconds = %s\n", buf); return 0; } % gcc -Wall epoch.c % ./a.out Epoch + 1.5B seconds = 07/13/17 21:40:00 % And if they haven't noticed, it might be a good time to point it out. End copy of note Some of us are impressed by long strings of zeros, so here I am, pointing it out. Bill Hawkins _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.