Andy Stoffel Andrew.Stoffel@jenzabar.net said:
Really ? I went to the above URL and see some messages from 1904 and 1970 :-). Has Squeak really been around that long ? :-).
1904 is strange - what OS is based on that
Someone already mentioned Mac OS....
(I know VMS had the epoch somewhere in the 18th century...
[Oohh... verging off-topic... until someone finishes a port of Squeak to OpenVMS anyway...]
November 17, 1858
The reason given:
"November 17, 1858 is the base of the Modified Julian Day system"
The curious can see the official reason here:
"Why Is Wednesday November 17, 1858 The Base System Time? " http://www.compaq.com/support/asktima/operating_systems/00911009-465D12E0-1C 01E7.html
More amusing is the related VMS system value: uFortnights
See:
http://www.compaq.com/support/asktima/operating_systems/00933F51-590A1400-1C 01E7.html
So much for that.... back to Squeak....
-Andy-