#when that timestamp is lost it defaults to 0 and is interpreted as Dec 31 1969 23:59:59

[time-traveling-fetus]

Symptom of being comp sci is endlessly attempting to explain the significance of Dec 31 1969 to literally everyone forever

#its the unox epoch date! time is measured as the number of seconds since the beginning of 1970! #when that timestamp is lost it defaults to 0 and is interpreted as Dec 31 1969 23:59:59