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Andy Stoffel
Andrew.Stoffel at jenzabar.net
Sat Sep 28 04:37:38 UTC 2002
> Andy Stoffel <Andrew.Stoffel at 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-
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