Not to be too pedantic about this, but 11:31:30 UTC is 16:31:30 EST there is only a 5hr time difference.
Chris On 2/13/09, Jon 'maddog' Hall <mad...@li.org> wrote: > > A gentle reminder of this most momentous occasion tonight. Remember > that Ben offered to buy the first (and perhaps only) round of drinks! > Please RSVP so we can get an area big enough (and so Ben can figure out > how much money to pull from the bank). > > "At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890. > Where will you be at this momentous second?" - from Bell Labs > > This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST (1531 and > 30 seconds PST). > > Now if there was any reason to fear Friday the 13th, I think this is it. > That many numbers sequentially in a row representative of time? Who > knows what will stop working? Will lex(1) cease to work, will yacc(1)s > everywhere revolt? Will the rapture be upon us? > > I remember asking Alan Cox about UNIX (note that I spelled UNIX in all > capital letters, as it should be) time in 1999. I was confident that > most UNIX systems would not be adversely affected by "Y2K", but I knew > about a hidden time-bomb in the year 2038, when the "UNIX epoch" comes > to an end. Alan assured me that Linux was now working on 64-bit time, > and its "roll-over" would happen about the time that the sun burnt out. > And while this upcoming event is not a "roll-over", nevertheless this > coming Friday the 13th I will be holding my breath.... > > I intend on being at the place where I have the best chance of surviving > this potential catastrophe and where I can personally do the most good: > > =>Martha's Exchange Restaurant in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA<= > > While our friends at Bell Labs (er, ah, Lucent....O.K. "Alcatel-Lucent") > rush to understand this phenomenon, I will be doing my civic duty by > drinking fine beer, and maybe an Islay scotch. This is hard to do while > you are holding your breath, but I will suffer through. Who knows, > perhaps the U.S. government will give us a "bailout" to study this > issue. > > Who will join me as we watch the time of UNIX line up? > > md > -- > Jon "maddog" Hall > Executive Director Linux International(R) > email: mad...@li.org 80 Amherst St. > Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. > WWW: http://www.li.org > > Board Member: Uniforum Association > Board Member Emeritus: USENIX Association (2000-2006) > > (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several > countries. > (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used > pursuant > to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus > Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis > (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other > countries. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-announce mailing list > gnhlug-annou...@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/ > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- IBA #15631
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