[GNHLUG] Reminder of "UNIX Time" event: Today, Friday 13th, 18:31:30 EST (that is about 6:30 P.M. for Microsoft users) - Marthas Please RSVP

Chris fj1200 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 10:06:27 EST 2009


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 <maddog at 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
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> Jon "maddog" Hall
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