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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. FIRST by Mogget03 · · Score: 5, Funny

    first post of newepoch!

  2. Exactly 1234567890 seconds? by aj50 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At 23:31:30 UTC, the number of seconds since January 1st 1970 will be exactly 1234567890.

    Except it won't because unix time doesn't account for leap seconds

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  3. Timing == Everything by slimey_limey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't it a bit late to be posting the list of celebrations?

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  4. Wow by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Happy sequential Unix time day.

    I am spending it drinking alone on a Friday night and wishing I had a girlfriend. How are the rest of you guys celebrating?

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    1. Re:Wow by Cerberus7 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm spending it drinking at home with my wife. Pretty much the same.

      Also, thanks to her, I didn't get to actually see the numbers change at coolepochcountdown.com. I mean, ffs, I've had this page open for over an hour, watching the time countdown, and you wait until 10 seconds before the pivotal moment to ask me to do something, causing me to look away ever so briefly and miss it? ARGH!

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  5. Re:Can't be good by SIR_Taco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doomsday?! No way man, we're celebrating with some blue kool-aid! It's the only way to

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  6. I was so close... by Paul+Wolfe · · Score: 5, Funny

    > time.pl
    1234567889 (Fri Feb 13 23:31:29 2009)
    > timepl.
    timepl.: Command not found.
    > time.pl
    1234567893 (Fri Feb 13 23:31:33 2009)

    Stupid typo!

  7. Re:numerology: factors of 1234567890 by FrangoAssado · · Score: 5, Funny

    sorry to break it to you but the set of even primes is quite small.

    True, an even prime is really odd.