May not be fishing related yet it shouldn't be a political debate. Been noticing a majority of the "join dates" are 1969. Whats up with that? Been wondering and wanting to ask so I figured what the hey?
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May not be fishing related yet it shouldn't be a political debate. Been noticing a majority of the "join dates" are 1969. Whats up with that? Been wondering and wanting to ask so I figured what the hey?
I believe the site had a crash years ago and most members were given that date as a join date by default. Was the internet even available in 1969? :confused:
[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;453227]I believe the site had a crash years ago and most members were given that date as a join date by default. Was the internet even available in 1969? :confused:[/QUOTE]
No, Al Bore hadn't invented it yet.................
do believe this question was adressed =)
[url]http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=83414&highlight=1969[/url]
[url]http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=70792&highlight=1969[/url]
[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;453227]I believe the site had a crash years ago and most members were given that date as a join date by default. Was the internet even available in 1969? :confused:[/QUOTE]
Curiosity killed the cat! That sounds logical to me.
And in case you really want to know, it is a default date set by Unix databases when they crash. Known as the epoch date of the Unix operating system, Dec 31 1969 23:59:59 is set as default day before the epoch date of Jan 1, 1970, the start of UTC time.
[url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time[/url]
:)
[QUOTE=flyfish;453281]And in case you really want to know, it is a default date set by Unix databases when they crash. Known as the epoch date of the Unix operating system, Dec 31 1969 23:59:59 is set as default day before the epoch date of Jan 1, 1970, the start of UTC time.
[url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time[/url]
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Okay, thanks I'll buy that although it's way over my head!