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Why the start point of time for time(0) is a 1 J 1970???

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10th Aug 2018, 9:19 PM
Muhammad
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It's the year the creation of an universal clock was decided.
10th Aug 2018, 9:21 PM
Théophile
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but why not 0 or 1900 or 2000? Who invented this?
10th Aug 2018, 9:24 PM
Muhammad
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I don't know that... Maybe because 1970 was a year of computer expansion...
10th Aug 2018, 9:45 PM
Théophile
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Sort of. It was originally set to 1971, but was then moved to 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
10th Aug 2018, 11:49 PM
Janning⭐
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I like it Thank you for the response!!
11th Aug 2018, 7:08 AM
Muhammad
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😊👍
11th Aug 2018, 7:29 AM
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