As noted in the comments, you can disable date-based filesystem checks
if you suffer a hardware failure
** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
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don't check the file system during 1970
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296773
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** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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don't check the file system during 1970
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296773
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Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting
aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on
an appropriate mailing list or forum.
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good
start for determining which mailing list to use.