Mysterious Email dated 12/31/69 can't be read/deleted

[Vizin]

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[mcdj]

I have the same issue...

 

[coffeemadmanUK]

It's 12/31/1969 because the OP lives in America, in Europe it would be 1/1/1970

Um.. what?

In Europe, 12/31/69 would be 31/12/69 not 1/1/70...

Or am I missing something?

 

[Vizin]

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[coffeemadmanUK]

It's about time zones, not formatting. The mail program is using a time system where zero is January 1, 1970 UTC. (called Unix time, used by many computer systems.)

Unix time doesn't take time zone into account. Zero always means midnight 1/1/1970 in the UTC time zone, so if you're in the US eastern time zone (UTC-5 during the winter) zero is December 31, 1969 at 7:00 PM.

Ah! Thanks for explaining

 

[zhandri]

let's get to serious part of the question. do you guys think this mail was sent 1969 or 2069... did it come from the future or the past

 

[TonyK]

My wife's iPhone 5 had this happen today. For her it has been a regular issue on her iPhone 4 and now iPhone 5.

Read an article that mentioned email grouping and will see if it is enabled on her iPhone. Might explain her issue.

Thanks,

 

[BirdsheadK]

I took this Screenshot April 28, 2014. You can see below me, there is a blank profile pic, blank post, with the date Dec. 31, 1969.. You guys say it's Unix Time Code, but does that also explain this weird comment?

 

[Tonewarior]

12/31/69

Scared me! Thought it was some kind of message from God! Thanks for clearing it up. I was a junior in HS; thought I may need to repent from something I did! Actually, he could have picked just about any date!

 

[Oohara]

Mysterious thread dated 04/28/11 can't be locked

Every once in a while I see this thread in the iPhone forum with:

Every once in a while i have a message in my inbox with:
(No Sender)
(No Subject)
This message has no content
Dated 12/31/69

It can't be read/deleted. The only way to get rid of it is reboot my iPhone but eventually it comes back. It's from my Gmail Exchange Sync.

Anyone know how to fix this so it doesn't keep happening?

It can't be locked. The only way is to report it but eventually it comes back. It's from some banned user, with the aid of some hopeless necroing forum nerds.

Anyone know how to fix this so it doesn't keep happening?

 

[mlmwalt]

Every once in a while I see this thread in the iPhone forum with:



It can't be locked. The only way is to report it but eventually it comes back. It's from some banned user, with the aid of some hopeless necroing forum nerds.

Anyone know how to fix this so it doesn't keep happening?

HAHAHA!!

I started to do an actual retort then realized the how funny your post was.

 

[joejoejoe]

Hey all,

Having this issue. Are we sure it's not malicious and just a bug?

It's worries me!

Thanks

 

[Macshepzzz]