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minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 hours agoThat’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-214 hours agoThat’s the default time set when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
minus-square𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoIt is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67
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That’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
That’s the default time set when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67