New member anomaly?

Today I noticed that some of the new members who had just joined yesterday have a "Last Visit" date of December 31st, 1969.

How does this happen? Why?

It's related to a game they did a long time ago IIRC.

Time travelers. That's the only explanation.

I wonder how it picks people and what the game was?

a reply to: Atsbhct
Does it say that on their profiles, or just on that membership list?
The list itself seems to be subject to some quirks.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Maybe they forgot their password.

It was the 60's.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Search for The 4 to find the answers you seek.

(I think it was from that game. It was a long time ago.)

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

So cryptic!

a reply to: Atsbhct

Yeah, well, just do some searching and something should ring a bell.

(Again, if it's the right game I'm remembering.)

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid
But why would an old game have an effect on new members, as the opening post claims?

a reply to: DISRAELI

Exactly. My searching skills are failing me.

a reply to: Atsbhct

It's probably a glitch. JavaScript and several programs calculate date starting from 1st of January 1970 (31st of december 1969 in American timezone). Perhaps some system upgrades to ATS have inadvertently reset the visit date back to 0 - that is, back to 31st of december 1969.

a reply to: DISRAELI

Honest answer? Gremlins.

I think it's just a wonky bit of code that got left in from one of the site iterations, something benign that would be more difficult to fix than to just let stay in. Kind of akin to why some of us older members have millions of stars.

a reply to: Atsbhct

The forum you seek is on ATS, but yet not on ATS.

a reply to: swanne

Thanks. I was actually just reading this :

mentalfloss.com...

a reply to: Atsbhct

a reply to: Atsbhct

If someone joins, but has hasn't logged in yet, their "last visit date" is null.

As swanne mentioned, that the result of a null or zero entry for the date being formatted for output.

I still maintain it's Gremlins...

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a reply to: Atsbhct

Here is a thread i did about it a few years back.

I was banned in1969

a reply to: scubagravy

Hahaha, before anyone else, you hipster.