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What is the Unix Timestamp?
A Unix timestamp is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds. It is widely used in computer systems and programming as a standardized way to track time and handle date-time calculations.
The Year 2038 Problem
On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, 32-bit systems storing Unix timestamps will experience an integer overflow. This is because the maximum value of a 32-bit signed integer (2,147,483,647) will be reached. Modern 64-bit systems are not affected by this limitation and can represent dates up to the year 292,277,026,596.
Did You Know?
The concept of Unix time was invented by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, who needed a simple way to track time in the Unix operating system. They chose January 1, 1970, as the epoch (starting point) because it was a convenient round number near the time of Unix's implementation, and because it made the math easier by being near the beginning of a decade.
Further Reading
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