Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down132cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoThe tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 hours agoThat’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
minus-square𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoIt is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoThat’s the default time set when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
The tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.
Why
That’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67
That’s the default time set when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.