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.
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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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