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Profpatsch
on May 13, 2014
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In about 2 hours it’s 1400000000 unix time
Unix time is representing seconds, and seconds are a human measurement which use decimal notation.
robobro
on May 13, 2014
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Seconds are base 60 actually, just like minutes
chrisBob
on May 13, 2014
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I thought about that too, but then we would just be encouraging people to watch as the year wraps around at midnight on 1 January. That milestone is usually overshadowed by other things.
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