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Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Why

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 months ago

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

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago*

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

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67

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