Dec 31, 1969.....An ATS Mystery

On the tool bar, go to members and look at the "last visit" column,
notice that members that haven't made any post are dated Dec 31, 1969.

...if you go to the last page (currently page 2199) you'll see it better.


What's the deal with the date of Dec 31, 1969?..............is this just a glitch?
......or does it mean something?......Is there some secret meaning behind it?

This is AboveTopSecret, so you never know.

Has anyone noticed this before?

I know ATS wasn't around in 1969, so it is a mystery.

Good find OP. That would be the
last day of the year of 1969. I too
am curious

December 31 – The date you are commonly given when a computer's time is set to 0 in seconds. Start of the Unix Epoch.


source:en.wikipedia.org...

im master debunker

Placeholder date until updated. Basically people who joined and never returned.

Blame it on John Titor.....

Originally posted by isyeye
What's the deal with the date of Dec 31, 1969?..............

On Dec 31, 1969: Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi
Check it out...

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My toolbar has no members. Another conspiracy?

reply to post by isyeye


It's most likely written in Unix. Unix makes its default date (Unix Birthday) the day after this date. Therefore, any return of zero on the date registers one day earlier. This is a common default setting in Unix systems.