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Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by imwally » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 9:50 PM UTC

mkmk wrote: post #8

On a mac, you can keep track by opening the terminal and running the command "date +%s" (no quotes).

    while true; do date +%s; sleep 1; done

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by jerry40 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 9:52 PM UTC

Which means we're not getting younger

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by sbierwagen » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 9:54 PM UTC

denysonique wrote: post #10

mkmk wrote: post #8

On a mac, you can keep track by opening the terminal and running the command "date +%s" (no quotes).

On UNIX likes systems*. Pro-tip: `watch -n 1 date +%s` will give you a live view of the timestamp

If you have an X server installed, you can also get a windowed unix time clock:

  xclock -utime -update 1

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by DamnInteresting » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:00 PM UTC

And only 7,494 days, 5 hours, 22 seconds until timestamp -2,147,483,648 (assuming your system uses the original Unix signed 32-bit integer time format).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by butisaidsudo » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:09 PM UTC

denysonique wrote: post #10

mkmk wrote: post #8

On a mac, you can keep track by opening the terminal and running the command "date +%s" (no quotes).

On UNIX likes systems*. Pro-tip: `watch -n 1 date +%s` will give you a live view of the timestamp

Oohhh, didn't know about watch, thanks! If you want it to count down instead:

$ watch -n1 'echo $((1500000000 - $(date +%s)))'

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by impish19 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:09 PM UTC

This is like New Year for geeks

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by amptorn » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:14 PM UTC

nitramm wrote: post #4

But be aware with your celebration. It can be slightly off due to leap seconds. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/327361/openbsd-6-0-...

A leap second coming between now and Unix time 1500000000 would certainly be unexpected. I doubt any software in the world is ready for that.

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by qb45 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:20 PM UTC

nitramm wrote: post #7

netcraft wrote: post #5

some info to save someone else from having to look it up 1 400 000 000 was 5/13/2014, 11:53:20 AM 1 600 000 000 will be 9/13/2020, 7:26:40 AM 1 000 000 000 was 9/8/2001, 8:46:40 PM 2 000 000 000 will be 5/17/2033, 10:33:20 PM 2^32-1 (4 294 967 295) will be 2/7/2106, 12:28:15 AM 100 million seconds is a little over 3 years 1 billion seconds is almost 32 years.

What do you think are other interesting upcoming timestamps? - http://timestamp.online/countdown/1515151515 - http://timestamp.online/countdown/1579119751

http://timestamp.online/countdown/1610612736

Obviously. Programmers celebrating 1500000000 just make me sad.

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by whoopdedo » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:30 PM UTC

nitramm wrote: post #7

netcraft wrote: post #5

some info to save someone else from having to look it up 1 400 000 000 was 5/13/2014, 11:53:20 AM 1 600 000 000 will be 9/13/2020, 7:26:40 AM 1 000 000 000 was 9/8/2001, 8:46:40 PM 2 000 000 000 will be 5/17/2033, 10:33:20 PM 2^32-1 (4 294 967 295) will be 2/7/2106, 12:28:15 AM 100 million seconds is a little over 3 years 1 billion seconds is almost 32 years.

What do you think are other interesting upcoming timestamps? - http://timestamp.online/countdown/1515151515 - http://timestamp.online/countdown/1579119751

As I mentioned in the Reddit thread, everyone is looking at decimal but overlooking the (arguably more interesting) base-16 dates.

Jan 13 19:13:30 2018 UTC will be 0x5A5A5A5A

0x66666666 will be Jun 10 2:35:18 2024 UTC

We just missed a good one:

  Sep 22 2016 16:00:00
  in base10 1474560000
  in base16 0x57E40000

Re: Countdown to timestamp 1,500M

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Post by ezequiel-garzon » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 10:53 PM UTC

netcraft wrote: post #5

some info to save someone else from having to look it up 1 400 000 000 was 5/13/2014, 11:53:20 AM 1 600 000 000 will be 9/13/2020, 7:26:40 AM 1 000 000 000 was 9/8/2001, 8:46:40 PM 2 000 000 000 will be 5/17/2033, 10:33:20 PM 2^32-1 (4 294 967 295) will be 2/7/2106, 12:28:15 AM 100 million seconds is a little over 3 years 1 billion seconds is almost 32 years.

And my favorite, π seconds is a nanocentury.