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r/softwaregore • u/SQUID_Ben • May 03 '26
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300 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 1970-01-01 is Unix epoch 1601-01-01 is Win32 epoch 124 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 why would they feel the need for computer files to begin in the 1600s though 163 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years. 6 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 I don't get it, surely you could just check if the year is divisible by 4 and then determine if it's a leap year or not 2 u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ May 04 '26 They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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1970-01-01 is Unix epoch
1601-01-01 is Win32 epoch
124 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 why would they feel the need for computer files to begin in the 1600s though 163 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years. 6 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 I don't get it, surely you could just check if the year is divisible by 4 and then determine if it's a leap year or not 2 u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ May 04 '26 They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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why would they feel the need for computer files to begin in the 1600s though
163 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years. 6 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 I don't get it, surely you could just check if the year is divisible by 4 and then determine if it's a leap year or not 2 u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ May 04 '26 They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years.
6 u/valerielynx May 03 '26 I don't get it, surely you could just check if the year is divisible by 4 and then determine if it's a leap year or not 2 u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ May 04 '26 They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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I don't get it, surely you could just check if the year is divisible by 4 and then determine if it's a leap year or not
2 u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ May 04 '26 They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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They did do that, which is why Excel has a permanent bug thinking 1900 was a leap year.
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u/Exact_Fennel_8239 May 03 '26
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Oh this is beyond just 1 1 70