> > > To all: > > > > Okay, so now that we have had people reply, here's my take. > > > > The Unix timestamp started on 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 -- and that was a > Thursday. > > > > The second before (i.e., 31 December, 1969 23:59:59:59 + 0000) was null, > which was Wednesday. > > I take issue with this. The second before was -1 seconds from the epoch. Null > is the absence of a value, so you can't get to null by simple arithmetic. I learnt > about negative numbers from the Greeks. And no, I'm not going to comment > on their current mathematical difficulties. > > Hmm. > > D'oh! > > But the point still stands: -1 !== null. > > -Stuart >
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