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Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field (www.theregister.com)
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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago

That's the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's the default time set when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67