Dec. 31, 1969???

[tizzo]

Why do 3 moderators, and a BUNCH of others have their B-days posted in their profiles as this day?? It's to much of a coincidence, so I have to ask.
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[belothsurf]

.........May 1st, 1969, was when Spanish Fly first hit the markets???:jumping:......9 months later...viola!....... :notsure:

 

[fender]

The technical answer:
Because computers figure time based on the number of ticks (a computer time value) since Jan 1st 1970 at exactly midnight GMT (actually UTC but GMT is the same thing). Most databases/systems use this number as a default. If you create a date column/value and don't initialize it or allow NULLs it gets this UTC start time. Here in the good ole US of A we have at least a -4 offset to UTC, so the default date is at least 4 hours before '01/01/1970 00:00:00.000' making it '12/31/1969 20:00:00.000' or there abouts.
The easy answer:
Its the default and they never changed it.

 

[daniel411]

Bummer, I was kind of hoping people stopped aging after 35...

 

[sweetdawn]

:notsure:

 

[krowleey]

Originally posted by fender
The easy answer:
Its the default and they never changed it.

LOL :hilarious

 

[fishman830]

Originally posted by Daniel411
Bummer, I was kind of hoping people stopped aging after 35...
lol

 

[lovethesea]

me too, its been that way since they did the big update several months back. I got a few years back though. New Years eve is more fun than 9-11 anyway. :yes: