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I've tried a simple edit in the past, but it was undone. Basically, there are a lot of people using the term "epoch time" on other sites and pointing here as proof that it is valid. The word "epoch" is a simple English noun, and Wikipedia describes it well in Epoch (reference date), which also has a list of other epochs used in computing. By inventing this term "epoch time", we've started a vocabulary of programmers saying things like "I have an epoch of 1499289809..." which is of course erroneous, as the epoch would always be 0 of any form of timestamp, and is explicitly 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC for Unix Time.
Can we please remove the "epoch time" terminology and add a paragraph explaining that this usage is erroneous and should be avoided? We can leave the redirect in place so people find it. Thanks.
mj1856 ( talk) 21:26, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
It's not explained or made clear why the date of "1 January 1970" is the 'start' date for Unix.
Why that date?
Why couldn't other dates be 'set' during upgrades or the writing/coding of new programs?
Obviously, I'm not a programmer/coder and most of this article makes absolutely no sense to me.
First, it was "Y2K" (which could've easily been fixed); now it's 2036 or 2038 or 2262. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 05:43, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
The 50th anniversary of the epoch is coming up. I tagged the article as I did because I'd like to be able to get it up to the quality standards for eligibility to the main page for On This Day. I'll be doing some work on this article as my life allows. Thanks!
– John M Wolfson ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
I've tried a simple edit in the past, but it was undone. Basically, there are a lot of people using the term "epoch time" on other sites and pointing here as proof that it is valid. The word "epoch" is a simple English noun, and Wikipedia describes it well in Epoch (reference date), which also has a list of other epochs used in computing. By inventing this term "epoch time", we've started a vocabulary of programmers saying things like "I have an epoch of 1499289809..." which is of course erroneous, as the epoch would always be 0 of any form of timestamp, and is explicitly 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC for Unix Time.
Can we please remove the "epoch time" terminology and add a paragraph explaining that this usage is erroneous and should be avoided? We can leave the redirect in place so people find it. Thanks.
mj1856 ( talk) 21:26, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
It's not explained or made clear why the date of "1 January 1970" is the 'start' date for Unix.
Why that date?
Why couldn't other dates be 'set' during upgrades or the writing/coding of new programs?
Obviously, I'm not a programmer/coder and most of this article makes absolutely no sense to me.
First, it was "Y2K" (which could've easily been fixed); now it's 2036 or 2038 or 2262. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D ( talk) 05:43, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
The 50th anniversary of the epoch is coming up. I tagged the article as I did because I'd like to be able to get it up to the quality standards for eligibility to the main page for On This Day. I'll be doing some work on this article as my life allows. Thanks!
– John M Wolfson ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 3 September 2019 (UTC)