[Re: ORGLIST: RE: Y2K and Jacob]

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From: Michael Nolan (mnolan$##$nmrc.ucc.ie)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 04:37:05 EDT

The 1970 thing is usually a UNIX related occurrence.
If the date reads Jan 1 1970, then it's gotta be UNIX.
Jan 1 1970 is considered the birthdate of UNIX and if there
is a problem, then the date defaults back to that one.
The same way that an IBM-compatible would default back to
Jan 4 1980.

Presumably the mail server for whoever sees that on is a UNIX
server.
Only thing to do is check with the system admin.

micko

>I'm in partial agreement with Robert Chapman, as I find that Jacob's
>messages from Jacob.Zabicky$##$uab.es sometimes appear (on my Mac
>laptop, system 8.0) with a 1904 date and sometimes with a correct
>date. I have a vague recollection that the 1970 date seen by Eva may
>be something to do with a Y2K default. Curiouser and curiouser.....
>
>RIchard

>>Interestingly, Jacob Zabicky's messages appear to come in 1904 according to
>>my Macintosh (as quoted immediately following). I know this is the date that
>>is the beginning of the Universe according to the Motorola CPUs under System
>>7.x. Is the beginning of the Universe 1970 according to other CPUs, such as
>>older Intels? Does this mean Jacob's (or his server's) clock is set to a
>>time before the beginning of the Universe on our individual systems, which
>>then default to the first known day in the history of time? Also, only those
>>messages from Jacob.Zabicky$##$uab.es and not from zabicky$##$bgumail.bgu.ac.il,
>>which appear OK. I don't really need a reply; these are just observations.
>>B-) 

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