# Party like it's 1234567890! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686 "2009-02-06T09:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/21 "2009-02-13T04:40:56Z")
Ohohoh, it just rolled over 1234500000! Less than 19 hours to go! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/22 "2009-02-13T04:45:28Z")
Shouldn’t the thread title be “Party like it’s 1234567889!”? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/23 "2009-02-13T14:44:15Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Shouldn’t the thread title be “Party like it’s 1234567889!”? No, the zero is significant. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/24 "2009-02-13T23:26:03Z")
Five minutes to go. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/25 "2009-02-13T23:31:09Z")
It’s time! **throws confetti** ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/26 "2009-02-13T23:32:43Z")
Hurray! When someone asks where were you when the unix clock ticked 1234567890, I can say I was with my good buddies on the Dope, living it large! ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/27 "2009-02-13T23:38:33Z")
Celebrate good times! Come on! ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/28 "2009-02-13T23:42:24Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > The 32 bit Unix time will roll over in 2038, 64 bit time will last until the sun burns out. :: types into a calculator :: :: looks up the sun’s lifetime :: Actually, a hundred times longer. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/29 "2009-02-14T00:09:51Z")
Where were _you_ when the epoch reached 1234567890? I have [photographic proof](http://www.flickr.com/photos/35344266@N05/3276972117/) of where _I_ was. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/30 "2009-02-14T00:12:19Z")
And a Mac, too. :: scribbles a small note :: ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/31 "2009-02-14T01:11:03Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > And a Mac, too. > :: scribbles a small note :: For the record, it’s my Dad’s. I happen to have one too, but that’s not the point. Oh wait, yes it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686/32 "2009-02-14T01:21:08Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > For the record, it’s my Dad’s. > > I happen to have one too, but that’s not the point. Oh wait, yes it is. :: adds to the note :: 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-like-its-1234567890/484686.md?page=1)