Anyone notice this before?

[Sgt PSN]

So I'm scrolling through the Asian Porn section reading over many of the old posts in there and I noticed that a bunch of the posts that had been edited had this at the bottom of them:

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by 1012201200 »

I looked through a couple of other random threads to see if it was like that anywhere else on the board but didn't notice any.  I don't know if this is a problem or not, or if it's even been noticed by anyone so I figured I'd point it out. 

[Susquehanna Birder]

Hard to say what happened.

In the UNIX world, December 31, 1969, 7:00 PM represents the time when the UNIX clock starts, and every time is measured in the number of seconds from that point. So if you're seeing that date, it probably means that the program can't get a date value.

It could be that some of the user and time data didn't transfer correctly from the old server or something. Nothing to worry about...just a harmless telltale glitch IMO.

[Diomedes]

In the UNIX world, December 31, 1969, 7:00 PM represents the time when the UNIX clock starts, and every time is measured in the number of seconds from that point.

Do you know why that date is used?

[Susquehanna Birder]

Actually, it's from what is considered the "birthday" of UNIX, Jan 1st, 1970. Since that date is considered "zero" in GMT, we who are west of it actually see the "zero minus one" result, which resolves to 11:59 PM on December 31, 1969.