Where Were You at 1234567890 (UNIX Epoch Clock Time)?
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Epoch time started January 1, 1970. According to the Epoch clock, we hit 1234567890 today! Now you will be able to say where you were when that time passed! I swear it, gumdrops were falling from the sky in Seattle, and yes – I really did chair dance!
Unix time is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds. On February 13, 2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), Unix time was equal to ‘1234567890′. Parties and other celebrations were held around the world, among various technical subcultures, to celebrate 1234567890 day.
So, where were you when it hit 123456789?? What were you doing? I’m sure this is a moment in time that us Geeks will never forget! I know Wicket won’t!
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10 Comments
sonya salehnia
February 14th, 2009
at 12:12am
sitting on my couch on my laptop working on my power-point presentation and watching cartoons. then i noticed the time, said ‘hua cool’, then went back to working on the power-point.
Ryan Cruz (Shadiko)
February 14th, 2009
at 1:40am
That was great. He had a smile on his face, then it drops. Then he says “We’ll e ya later.” XD
Daniel Aspenbäck
February 14th, 2009
at 4:49am
I were with my Mac.. :)
I took a picture of me and the epoch clock, the picture became a little bit blurry..http://twitpic.com/1h4dv
SphereCat1
February 14th, 2009
at 7:50am
I was recording a video about the Epoch!
Stephen Craig
February 14th, 2009
at 9:52am
I was watching you and wicket on your stream and lookin out the window as the gum drops fell from the sky
Toby Bishop
February 14th, 2009
at 2:48pm
I was having a breakdown…..what timing!
Adorina Reyes
February 14th, 2009
at 3:22pm
It was Friday the 13th and I didn’t even know about it?
billythekid
February 15th, 2009
at 7:52am
Right here making sure I could catch the screendump! (those clocks were counting down/up something that’s lost somewhat in a static image!)
chrisrowe.net | Happy 1234567890!
February 18th, 2009
at 4:41am
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Alex Tsui
February 18th, 2009
at 8:29am
I was at a Chinese Restaurant with my friends and their family playing mahjong and other stuff. I watched the countup on my iPhone and didn’t miss a second of it! :)