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The Mac epoch is different
Authored by: grrl_geek on Sep 02, '03 11:30:30AM

I believe the Mac epoch (time "0") --- at least traditionally --- is in 1904, whereas the Unix one is 1970.

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The Mac epoch is different
Authored by: srowen on Sep 02, '03 02:12:46PM

The epoch used by the classic Mac OS was indeed based on a start date in 1904, but OS X's BSD roots mean that its epoch, when it comes up, is the usual 1970 one seen in Unix variants.

Either way this is not the heart of the issue the poster found with shutdown.



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