[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

[Jerry Feldman]

No. In military time (24 hour clock) 11PM is 2300. Subtract 5 from 2300 
you get 1800 (not 1600).

(eg. former military pilot)

On 02/13/2009 10:06 AM, Chris wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>     --
>     Jon "maddog" Hall
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