Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1281cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1281external-linkAge checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB fieldwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square103fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 hours agoThe tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·17 hours agoThat’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-217 hours agoThat’s the default time when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
minus-square𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoIt is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67
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