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Unix Time = 1234567890 On Valentine’s Day

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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61 Comments on “Unix Time = 1234567890 On Valentine’s Day”

  • nico February 6th, 2009 1:37 pm

    Lovely!

  • hbm February 6th, 2009 2:12 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!

  • rab February 6th, 2009 2:44 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 ;-)

  • meneame.net February 6th, 2009 12:21 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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    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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  • Ezra Fischer February 9th, 2009 3:37 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…

  • Max Johnson February 9th, 2009 9:05 pm

    But back then Ezra, we knew no better, and probably didn't have anything more pressing to turn our attentions to :P

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  • Dave Weidner February 10th, 2009 11:20 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.

  • Randall_Krause February 12th, 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).

  • Randall_Krause February 12th, 2009 7:29 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).

  • brito February 12th, 2009 10:42 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…

  • brito February 12th, 2009 10:44 pm

    ugh, i meant 11pm

  • robert February 13th, 2009 12:19 pm

    One second later it will be 1234567891011

  • Valentine’s day sucks, except for this « Stephanito’s Blog February 14th, 2009 4:49 am

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  • German Helmets June 17th, 2009 9:45 pm

    Anyone know when the next nice Unix number is coming up?

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  • Coppell Real Estate June 23rd, 2009 9:41 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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    Paris on valentines day – Does it get any better than that? If you need a reason, there you go!

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  • Digitalwebtalk September 3rd, 2009 5:09 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! :P

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    I also love Valentines day – it's wonderful.

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    I prefer obsure numbers to valentioens day …..
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  • Richard Sharpe September 7th, 2009 1:44 pm

    nah pris is over rated.

    come to london its called GMT for a reason :)

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    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.
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    Gotta love valentines day! esp when your celebrating the Unix Time as well. haha

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    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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    Paris on valentines day – Does it get any better than that? If you need a reason, there you go!

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    Now, that would have been a really good reason, unfortunately I totally missed it.

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