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Peace

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Apr 1, 2005
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Space The Only Frontier
I've read on this thread that Jan 1, 1970 is the default time for Unix.

It is. It's also the default time for Linux and BSD.

Example. Whenever my cable modem re-boots or there is an error it always has the date :

Jan 01 1970 00:00:34 3-Critical R02.0

The ROM uses Linux under the GPL.

I'd be willing to bet whenever Arn looks at his logs he will see that date during a full restart.

Ask Blakespot. I'm sure he knows.

[edit] The definitive answer [/edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970

January 1 – Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC.

Unix time (a.k.a. POSIX time or Epoch time) is a system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970,[1][note 1] not counting leap seconds.[1][2][note 2] It is used widely in Unix-like and many other operating systems and file formats. Due to its handling of leap seconds, it is neither a linear representation of time nor a true representation of UTC.[note 3] Unix time may be checked on most Unix systems by typing date +%s on the command line.
 
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birdman77

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Jan 9, 2015
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Being born in 1980 I consider myself in Gen X. But there seems to be some debate about when the generation ends and when Gen Y starts.


I have 1977 birth year so I'd consider u last phase of Gen X -- the luckiest gen in 20th century :)
 

the8thark

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Apr 18, 2011
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Generations are 20 years. And the baby boomers were post war. So it's:

Baby Boomers: 1945-1965
GenX: 1965-1985
GenY: 1985-2005
???: 2005-2025

I'm not sure what the foetuses being born now are called.
 

camomac

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Jan 26, 2005
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Generations are 20 years. And the baby boomers were post war. So it's:

Baby Boomers: 1945-1965
GenX: 1965-1985
GenY: 1985-2005
???: 2005-2025

I'm not sure what the foetuses being born now are called.

It goes:
Baby Boomers
Gen X
Gen Y (Millennials)
Gen Z

Your dates look about right (to me anyways).

All you never wanted to know about Generations..
 
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