From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Bargmann Subject: Re: Dates set to Dec 31 1969 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:56:11 -0500 Message-ID: <20140927175611.GM4704@n0nb.us> References: <20140927130912.GK4704@n0nb.us> <87k34pgmsq.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXwEM-0004bt-N6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:56:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXwEG-0008V4-G1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:56:26 -0400 Received: from www11.qth.com ([72.52.250.187]:59691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XXwEG-0008Uv-8f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:56:20 -0400 Received: from [68.234.117.143] (port=51400 helo=merlin) by www11.qth.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XXwEA-0043X3-6Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 12:56:14 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87k34pgmsq.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org * On 2014 27 Sep 09:35 -0500, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > It should be noted that it’s actually Jan. 1st 1970 UTC. :-) D'oh! Indeed. As I am six hours behind (America/Chicago) the system rightly interprets the beginning of the epoch UTC as the prior day here. All these years and that never dawned on me. One is never around this stuff so much that there isn't something new to be learned. :-) - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us