a rare Unix timestamp occurred yesterday.
next one (1_800_000_000) will be in 2027.


edit: seems like Lemmy doesn’t like video links in pictures field. so pasted it below.

  • Aabbcc@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Had to explain Unix time to my friends when I sent them a picture of 1696969420

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    7 months ago

    I’ve been using Linux since 1996 and remember when time_t was less than a billion. I guess I’ve found a new way to date myself. Slightly interestingly I thought, 1 billion was a couple of days before 9/11 which some have said defines the modern era or epoch.

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    7 months ago

    Fun fact: If your shell is Bash or supports the same feature(s), date technically isn’t needed; printf '%(%s)T\n' works the same.

    Yes, that is a date/strftime-style percent escape inside a specific parenthetical printf percent escape.

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      7 months ago

      it’s starship. you should check it out if you don’t have a handcrafted prompt.

      edit: shell is bash. just with a custom prompt in .bashrc.