There are so many reasons to love Valentine’s Day. My favorite is that on 2/14/09 the Unix Time will be 1234567890. This happens at exactly 00:31:30 CET. Yeah – it’s a little bit of a cheat since CET = GMT+1 and – correspondingly – it will still be 2/13/09 in the United States. Just another good reason to go to Paris for Valentine’s Day. (Thanks ScottM).
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Comment by nico — February 6, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
Sweet- in other numerically interesting date news I stumbled upon this site the other day- http://exponentialtwosday.comhas a countdown to the next exponential day – which will be a few days before Valentine's Day in the year 2048!
Comment by hbm — February 6, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
Sounds like a good enough reason to take that Friday off, too. 1234567890 happening on Friday the 13th in the US ought to enable a claim of superstition at least. Besides, you'll need the time off to catch that early flight to Paris
Comment by rab — February 6, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
San Valentín friki. El segundo 1234567890…
Las fechas en UNIX timestamp miden los segundos transcurridos desde un momento dado. Hay segundos en los que se alcanzan cifras redondas, como este este año, ya que el 14 de febrero a las 00:31:30 GMT+1, será el segundo 1234567890. Feliz friki San Va…
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Comment by Chris Rowe — February 7, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
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also, the alignment of planets that signals the dawning of the age of aquarius. freaky stuff depending on how much scientific credibility you give rock musicals.
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Comment by travisbgreen — February 8, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
I remember as a kid excitedly gathering around my dad's digital watch for 01:23:45 6/7/89. Talk about cheating, we missed it, so we set it back and tried again…
Comment by Ezra Fischer — February 9, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
But back then Ezra, we knew no better, and probably didn't have anything more pressing to turn our attentions to
Comment by Max Johnson — February 9, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
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Pingback by Amor y unix - ::Digital Shippuuden:: — February 10, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
I tried telling my wife (a non-techie) about this, and all I got was a blank stare.
Maybe I should mention the Paris thing.
Comment by Dave Weidner — February 10, 2009 @ 11:20 pm
It's interesting that it took so long for the wave of interest to catch on about this date. I remember blogging about the rollover to 1,111,111,111 back in March of 2005. And I've been looking forward to February 13, 2009 ever since.
Unix Time's 1111111111 Second Countdown
We will soon witness the last significant numerological date in computer history during our lifetime (using decimal notation at least, so long as the standard for Unix time maintains signed 32-bit integers).
Comment by Randall_Krause — February 12, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
It's interesting that it took so long for the wave of interest to catch on about this date. I remember blogging about the rollover to 1,111,111,111 back in March of 2005. And I've been looking forward to February 13, 2009 ever since.
Unix Time's 1111111111 Second Countdown
We will soon witness the last significant numerological date in computer history during our lifetime (using decimal notation at least, so long as the standard for Unix time maintains signed 32-bit integers).
Comment by Randall_Krause — February 12, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
The time on milliseconds is much more accurate. 13 digits, arranged like so: 1234567890123 translates to Friday 13th, 21:31:30 GMT.
Also, to chip in with superstition, check out the relationship of the Knights Templars with this date and what the age alignments really mean…
Comment by brito — February 12, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
ugh, i meant 11pm
Comment by brito — February 12, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
One second later it will be 1234567891011
Comment by robert — February 13, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
[...] Unix time 1234567890, passed. Seen here. [...]
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Anyone know when the next nice Unix number is coming up?
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Comment by Richel — June 22, 2009 @ 1:07 pm
Hahaha, celebrating not only Valentine's day but also the Unix Time. I am sure this is going to annoy your partner a lot. On such a romantic day, we're still thinking about Unix / Linux. btw, I will try this on my Linux box. I don't think it's going to work. Lets see because Linux is based on Unix so…who knows.
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Comment by Night Life — June 26, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
Paris on valentines day – Does it get any better than that? If you need a reason, there you go!
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Comment by John — August 20, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
I love Valentines day, me and the wife make it a very special day for both of us.
Comment by Car Hire UK — August 27, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
i remember this… i actually have a screenshot of this time, when i took it on my comp as i set my timezone to CET!
Comment by Digitalwebtalk — September 3, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
I also love Valentines day – it's wonderful.
Comment by Data Lists — September 7, 2009 @ 9:39 am
I prefer obsure numbers to valentioens day …..
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Comment by Cordless Phones — September 7, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
nah pris is over rated.
come to london its called GMT for a reason
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Comment by Edwin Kyalangalilwa — November 24, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
i love valentine day..
Comment by fandy — November 26, 2009 @ 8:53 am
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