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Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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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.
That's the default time when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67