[PLUG] History is 1/2 over on Saturday

[mjd-lists-plug@plover.com (Mark Dominus)]

Unix systems store times as the total number of seconds elapsed since
midnight, 1 January 1970.  Typically, this value is stored as a 32-bit
signed integer, which has a range from -2147483648 to 2147483647.

This range extends to 22:14:07 on Monday, 18 January 2038, at which
time the universe will come to an end.

Next Saturday, 10 January, at 8:37:04, is exactly halfway between the
zero point in 1970, and the apocalypse in 2038.  At this moment, the
Unix epoch will be exactly half over.  

Happy birthday!







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