eclectica
2004-10-28, 04:31
Unix time is the number of seconds that has elapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. Unix and Linux use it in their systems and clocks. This site here runs on Linux and the way the database records the time of everything is through the Unix time stamp method. We without access to the database don't see the Unix time stamp on the forums, because it's automatically converted for us, except for one thing that I know of, which is the avatar. Right click on the properties of someone's avatar and you will get the Unix time stamp it was created. For example my avatar is the following link:
http://www.3-3-3.org/forum/image.php?u=1&dateline=1086818407.
It's unnecessary information because this link also works for my avatar:
http://www.3-3-3.org/forum/image.php?u=1
As you can see I have a Unix time stamp of 1,086,818,407 on my avatar. That is when I uploaded my current avatar, according to the server's time. Next you go to a site that has a Unix time conversion (http://www.onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm) and enter the number to get a real date. What I get is Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:00:07 UTC. Now I know how long I've had my current avatar for. On some forums you will see a join date of December 1969 for the join date of the member. I think that occurs when the member is deleted, destroying the information of the member in the database and causing it to interpret the Unix time stamp to be 0, which would be January 1st, 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC. If you are in the Americas you would see the date of December 1969 because your UTC or GMT offset is behind.
If you're a real geek you'll have a watch or clocks at home running on Unix time.
My father is a math professor and likes to tell people how old they are in days. He calculates it all in his head based on their birthdays. I've been told by him when I reached milestones such as 10,000 days old.
http://www.3-3-3.org/forum/image.php?u=1&dateline=1086818407.
It's unnecessary information because this link also works for my avatar:
http://www.3-3-3.org/forum/image.php?u=1
As you can see I have a Unix time stamp of 1,086,818,407 on my avatar. That is when I uploaded my current avatar, according to the server's time. Next you go to a site that has a Unix time conversion (http://www.onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm) and enter the number to get a real date. What I get is Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:00:07 UTC. Now I know how long I've had my current avatar for. On some forums you will see a join date of December 1969 for the join date of the member. I think that occurs when the member is deleted, destroying the information of the member in the database and causing it to interpret the Unix time stamp to be 0, which would be January 1st, 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC. If you are in the Americas you would see the date of December 1969 because your UTC or GMT offset is behind.
If you're a real geek you'll have a watch or clocks at home running on Unix time.
My father is a math professor and likes to tell people how old they are in days. He calculates it all in his head based on their birthdays. I've been told by him when I reached milestones such as 10,000 days old.