How does the quote date coding work?

[Regulith]

It's Unix.  As-in, it's not a system that's exclusive to our forum.

Read more, the more you know!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

But since the forum uses Unix, it's still something about the forum he didn't know.

[Ad Bot]

[e-maxx]

it also can't predict the future

[Nickelob Ultra]

But since the forum uses Unix, it's still something about the forum he didn't know.

... oh.  Right.  I'll just uh, walk myself out then...

[Zuero]

divide 1340494994 by 60
divide 22341583 by 60
divide 372359 by 24
divide 15514 by 365
subtract 42 from 2012
and get 1970 :D

[Regulith]

it also can't predict the future

"We will not invent flying cars next week"

[Soukuw]

It's the number of seconds that have passed since 0:00 UTC on January 1st, 1970.

That's a dumb way of doing it. :/

[TheOwl]

"We will not invent flying cars next week"

Nb4flyingcars

[Kalphiter]

That's a dumb way of doing it. :/

Measuring seconds from a point years in the past. Never knew those haters in 2012 would call it dumb.

[BobSevenSevens]

y u so old bro

Look at the post date for this. I edited the numbers to 0000000001.

[Darksaber530]

Look at the post date for this. I edited the numbers to 0000000001.

[Kilser]

666