RE: Yahoo archive truncated

> Andy Stoffel <Andrew.Stoffel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >Really ? I went to the above URL and see some messages from
> >1904 and 1970 :-). Has Squeak really been around that long ? :-).

> 1904 is strange - what OS is based on that

Someone already mentioned Mac OS....

> (I know VMS had the epoch somewhere in the 18th century...

[Oohh... verging off-topic... until someone finishes a port of
Squeak to OpenVMS anyway...]

November 17, 1858


The reason given:

"November 17, 1858 is the base of the Modified Julian Day system"

The curious can see the official reason here:

"Why Is Wednesday November 17, 1858 The Base System Time? "
http://www.compaq.com/support/asktima/operating_systems/00911009-465D12E0-1C
01E7.html

More amusing is the related VMS system value: uFortnights

See:

http://www.compaq.com/support/asktima/operating_systems/00933F51-590A1400-1C
01E7.html




So much for that.... back to Squeak....

-Andy-