Unix time turned 1234567890 Friday, geeks partied
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Great. Cool number. Congratulations. What time was that? Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds.-- Wikipedia There were parties. Flickr tags. Tweets: sixfoot6: Friday the 13th, Unix second 1234567890 and Valentine's Day all in a row? Let's hear it for freaks, geeks and lovers!What time was that again? The UNIX Timestamp To Standard Time Calculator says.
That was Feb. 13, 2009 at 6:31:30 p.m. EST. There are people who think in Unix time, which is also called "Epoch" time. For them, there's a clock and an attitude.
Like the enigmatic monolith from 2001, this clock will appear only as a mysterious geometric shape to those of inferior intelligence. The more evolved will easily decode the elegant time display rendered by its LEDs. Others may appreciate beautiful words or works of art but your language has always been numbers, the closest expression of eternal truth.
You can see for yourself what Unix Epoch time it is right now.
Has the Second Epoch begun? 
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