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1,234,567,890 Seconds Since Unix Time Began

Posted by kdawson on from the epoch-making dept.

os2man was one of many readers to let us know that later on today, at 23:31:30 UTC (30 seconds after this story went live), the number of seconds since January 1st 1970 will be exactly 1234567890. January 1st, 1970 marks the start of the clock for the Unix operating system and many other operating systems. Here is a list of celebrations of the moment around the world.

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  1. numerology: factors of 1234567890 by cats-paw · · Score: 4, Informative

    123456890 = 2 * 5 * 17 * 751 * 967

    Aaargh ! If only it had been prime.

    Oh, wait just 1 more second.

    1234567891 is prime :-)

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    Absolute statements are never true
  2. It looks like by fishthegeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google got in on the action too.... here's the screen grab.

    Google 1234567890

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    load "$",8,1
  3. Re:Exactly 1234567890 seconds? by againjj · · Score: 4, Informative

    The average person does not understand the difference between UTC and UT1. That is why Unix does not account for leap seconds. UTC uses SI seconds. Unix uses the rubber seconds that the average person understands. So, the correct statement is "At 23:31:30 UT1, the number of seconds since January 1st 1970 will be exactly 1234567890."

    Besides, it doesn't matter anyway, since this is simply for fun (and part of the fun is annoying pedants).