time on UNIX and DOS

[alex galloway <alex@rhizome.org>]

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ok you hackerz.. a question about time...

1) does anyone know about the absolute time convention used on UNIX. i
think it's called the "epic" or the "epoch" or something like that. and it
is somewhere around january 1970. i'm looking for books, URLs or just
generally useful info about what this is, when it was decided, what it
means, etc.

2) same question for dos/windoze. there's a similar thing going on,
although the start date is different..

ideas? reply to me off list.

best,

-ag

ps anyone organizing a Floodnet of www.wto.org? www.etoys.com?

Alex Galloway
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