Raise a Glass — Time(2) Turns 40 Tonight

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 31, 2009 @03:47PM from the for-auld-lang-syne(2) dept.

ddt writes "Raise your glasses of champagne in a toast at midnight. The time(2) system call turns 40 tonight, and is now officially 'over the hill.' It's been dutifully keeping track of time for clueful operating systems since January 1, 1970." And speaking of time, if you don't have a *nix system handy, or just want a second opinion, an anonymous reader points out this handy way to check just how far it is after local midnight in Unix time. Updated 10:03 GMT by timothy: The Unix-time-in-a-browser link has been replaced by a Rick Astley video; you have been warned.

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Damn you Slashdot! by nurhussein · 2009-12-31 15:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Rickrolling is so 2009.
Re:Unix epoch? by schon · 2009-12-31 15:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Why didn't we restart it at 2000 amidst the Y2K mess?
You have a promising career in middle management ahead of you!
That's funny,... by Telecommando · 2009-12-31 16:24 · Score: 4, Funny

My clock says today is Setting Orange, Day 73 of the Aftermath in the Year of Our Lady of Discord 3175.

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Re:It's not April 1 yet by jamesh · 2009-12-31 17:12 · Score: 5, Funny

You should install the RickBlockPlus browser addon to prevent this sort of thing happening.