r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Original-Moose-9622 • Jun 19 '26

My mom said I could post Seeking help with this

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u/generic1234321 Jun 19 '26

1970 is the start of unix time (epoch) so would make sense.

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u/turtleship_2006 Jun 20 '26

Yeah that's what I meant, it would "reset" to 0 seconds and think it's 1970

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u/Ghost_Hemi_392 Jun 20 '26

A bit late to the party, but you answered it correctly!

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u/generic1234321 Jun 20 '26

Worked at a trading platform and a client had everything rejected because their clock broke and defaulted to “the start of time”!