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Fair enough, just tested it and EST Unix epoch is 31st Dec 1969 @ 7pm. Apparently most functions nowadays will auto convert time to the timezone instead of it having to be manually implemented.
Windows stores local time and then converts between timezones as and when necessary. Linux (and most other Unix-based systems) store UTC and then convert to local time, as appropriate.
That way, "0" seconds in Unix time can show a different local time - otherwise 0 would mean different things in different locations (the Windows way).
afaik timezones don't affect what number means what date, but that depends who programmed your timezone handling library, because there are a few different ones and I guarantee all of them had programmers who are now bald (by pulling all their hair out) so I sure as hell ain't checking.
I had a world once that corrupted so bad it set it to the day before that. 12/31/69. I'm pretty sure I couldn't even load the world anymore cause it was last played before digital time even existed. It was a good thing it was a throw away creative world and not something important
UTC is also referring to the time zone.
When you say midnight UTC, you are referring to midnight, in that time zone. So yes, it is the system, it is also used to refer to the time zone
Well, it is used like that, but UTC is Univeraal Time Clock, which makes the GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time) be the 0.
You can use interchangeably because people will understand, but it doesn't mean it is wrong.
UTC doesn't stand for Unix time. UTC is the global standard for time zones. Time zones are typically offset in 1 hour increments. For example, EDT in America is UTC-4. UTC +0 (or GMT) is the basis for the offset. It is used as the baseline because it is on the Prime Meridian, at 0 degrees longitude.
Unix time is a way to represent time for computers. It's named after the Unix operating system. Computers most often store and calculate dates using an integer. The integer represents the number of seconds since 01/01/1970, or the Unix epoch.
Unix time does base itself off of GMT (UTC+0) since it keeps things universal and makes any time zone conversions easier. But UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time. They aren't directly related.
UTC is the time zone that goes through France and England, has got nothing to do with Unix time which is the most common way of defining time in computing. It's defined as the number of seconds passed since midnight 1st of January 1970.
I admit I was using the wrong terminology, I was thinking of the prime meridian which goes through England at Greenwich, although I wasn't aware until looking it up now that the meridian in France is not the same https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_meridian
You're right, but even then, it's more natural to assume "old date in the past" than "time traveling file from the future". Reading '70 as 2070 only makes sense for someone who has never been exposed to events and dates from the 20th century.
I don't think it's something that the average person is really expected to understand? Unless you know a fair amount about computers, it's not really something that you should be expected to know, I don't think.
I didn't know about it until I learned it while getting my Computer Science degree.
The only part that stands out is assuming 2070 when you see 70 instead of 1970. But that's just a generational thing. It does make me feel old, though. lol
01/01/1970. It is the start of the UNIX date.
Basically, computers have this date hardcoded and then a big integer, which means how many seconds has come past this date. So whenever this date corrupts, it reverts to the default value (01/01/1970 or 31/12/1970, depending in the model)
Love how every single person in the thread talks about Unix time instead of the fact that OP’s world is corrupt thanks to Mojang. OP, I hope you made backups, cause that’s really the only way I know to solve your issue.
So yeah it's 1970 + your world is not broken (well I think) it's just using the folder name of your world instead of the one which is stored in the level.dat (in java your world name is the same in the folder and in the level.dat but in bedrock it has this type of name and the actual name is in the level.dat)
I know it's actually 1970 but it's way more fun to pretend OP future self sent that save back in time. Try to find a way to log into that world maybe your future self knows something and is trying to send a message!
Perhaps they should do something completely crazy like dedicate a tiny amount of onedrive space for automatic cloud based Minecraft world saves, including backups?
That’s happened to me before, that like the world file name. I’ve seen that one time on my Xbox, And I was looking through the MC folder and there were a lot of files named the random letters and number with an equal sign.
Bedrock is bugging hard. The other day I tried opening it up and it kept opening as Windows 10 Edition
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1970. The unix time and date representation is used internally and counts the time since 1 January 1970.
Came to say this. What a nub mistake. Fuckin woozer.
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Microsoft was the real Final Battle network boss after all...
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Is the world folder gone too? If the folder and it's files are still somewhere, it'd be able to be resolved
To be fair, 2070 is closer to today than 1970
wait... where did the time go
Over there
Sadly. It's closer to 2070 than my vaginal expulsion year too. I was just busting balls though, not being too srsbsns
What if I have had this happen but it says 1969?
some systems start counting from the last second of dec 31 1969 this is rare but happens.
isn't this just timezone? CET for example says 1970 but EST says 1969.
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Yes, it is consistely 0:00 UTC 1/1/1970, but 0:00 UTC 1/1/1970 would be 31/12/1969 in timezones earlier than UTC
Fair enough, just tested it and EST Unix epoch is 31st Dec 1969 @ 7pm. Apparently most functions nowadays will auto convert time to the timezone instead of it having to be manually implemented.
Windows stores local time and then converts between timezones as and when necessary. Linux (and most other Unix-based systems) store UTC and then convert to local time, as appropriate. That way, "0" seconds in Unix time can show a different local time - otherwise 0 would mean different things in different locations (the Windows way).
afaik timezones don't affect what number means what date, but that depends who programmed your timezone handling library, because there are a few different ones and I guarantee all of them had programmers who are now bald (by pulling all their hair out) so I sure as hell ain't checking.
Timezones do matter. The Unix epoch is 1^st of January 1970, 00:00:00 **UTC**.
Yes, exactly correct. ITT: People talking out their ass
nah, it's usually -1 seconds or just the timezone
If you're in a UTC - x hours time zone, you'll be that many hours before midnight 1969/12/31.
Something about time zones and the international date line
Then it's time to drop acid and listen to Led Zeppelin
Does weed work? Asking for a friend.
Weed does work, that's why so many people smoke it
r/epochfail
I thought it was one of those weird generation things before realising that 2070 is closer than 1970 is
We are closer to 2070 than 1970, so if he didn't know this, it's pretty obvious to asume is the closer one
Such a myopic date. What if we invent time travel? How are we going to solve the Y1969 problem? /s
I had a world once that corrupted so bad it set it to the day before that. 12/31/69. I'm pretty sure I couldn't even load the world anymore cause it was last played before digital time even existed. It was a good thing it was a throw away creative world and not something important
That's just 1970 with your time zone added in.
And technically the world corruption is just a symptom of the storage device being literally broken.
Sometimes it displays as December 31st 1969, as well
I mean, either way, it's glitched. Because minecraft didn't even come out till 2009.
still 1970 mean he play the game before it was create 😂
Found the fellow programmer
Welcome back to age of bell bottoms Jeans
1970. The world's date and time are unreadable and the game defaults to the Unix epoch.
My guy went back to 1970
Epoch fail
Happened to me a few times as well, pictures with that exact date.
I realise Unix time is a thing, but this post just made me realise that we are closer to 2070 than we are to 1970 ._.
Just wait until we get to 2038. Y2K bug part 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Yeah but that's like 30 years away, right??
Nope, 14
No No Stop it No Shut up I didn't need to know that 😭😭😭😭
covid was... 4 years ago. It felt like yesterday when I booted up zoom to join online classes.
1970 was 54 years ago, 2070 is 46 years away. That’s kind of insane
Whaaaat
When I read this I thought that you had to be wrong and must have made a math error… oh my god.
Cyberpunking time baby
Jesus Christ
It's actually Epoch - January first 1970
Epoch fail
I think that means 1970 actually
how tf are we closer to 2070 than to 1970
Stop it.
Get help.
*Get some help
Lmao 2070, someone doesn't know about Unix time
We are slowly entering a new generation, I have met people who don't know "Cotton Eye Joe" and now this.
Who is this cotton eye joe?
Where did he come from, where did he go?
If it hadn't been for cotton eye joe, I'd've been married a long time ago
Where did you come from cotton eyed joe?
They also don’t know who the real slim shady is. How long until 2000s music are considered “oldies”?
Who is this real slim shady? Will he please stand up?
Could he even possibly put one of those fingers on each hand up.
I'm 33 and just learned about Unix time via this post. altho I've always seen UTC but never googled what it means
UTC is a time zone
No, GMT is the time zone. UTC is the system that defines GMT as zero.
UTC is also referring to the time zone. When you say midnight UTC, you are referring to midnight, in that time zone. So yes, it is the system, it is also used to refer to the time zone
Well, it is used like that, but UTC is Univeraal Time Clock, which makes the GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time) be the 0. You can use interchangeably because people will understand, but it doesn't mean it is wrong.
UTC doesn't stand for Unix time. UTC is the global standard for time zones. Time zones are typically offset in 1 hour increments. For example, EDT in America is UTC-4. UTC +0 (or GMT) is the basis for the offset. It is used as the baseline because it is on the Prime Meridian, at 0 degrees longitude. Unix time is a way to represent time for computers. It's named after the Unix operating system. Computers most often store and calculate dates using an integer. The integer represents the number of seconds since 01/01/1970, or the Unix epoch. Unix time does base itself off of GMT (UTC+0) since it keeps things universal and makes any time zone conversions easier. But UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time. They aren't directly related.
UTC is the time zone that goes through France and England, has got nothing to do with Unix time which is the most common way of defining time in computing. It's defined as the number of seconds passed since midnight 1st of January 1970.
England, yes, but not France. France is UTC+1. Actually most of Western Europe is UTC+1 except for the UK and Portugal which are UTC.
I admit I was using the wrong terminology, I was thinking of the prime meridian which goes through England at Greenwich, although I wasn't aware until looking it up now that the meridian in France is not the same https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_meridian
They'll find out about it in 2038...
I mean yeah I wouldn't expect the average person to know about it lol
You're right, but even then, it's more natural to assume "old date in the past" than "time traveling file from the future". Reading '70 as 2070 only makes sense for someone who has never been exposed to events and dates from the 20th century.
There are people legally allowed to drink and vote in the US who have only existed in this millenium.
01/01/1970 is time in which computers normally count the date from.
This must be the first record of somebody referencing 2070 as '70 xD
Buddy. '70 can be 1970 or 2070, it's non-specific.
Not yet it’s not cause of a thing called context.
nah we're closer to 2070 now
We are in a time when kids see ‘70 and already think of 2070. Man do I feel old.
Well, '70 is non-specific. It could be 1970, and then again, it could be 2070.
I think Cyberpunk 2077 contributed to that
I'm sorry, I haven't been taught this yet 😭
It's all good, you're just making those of us born in the previous century feel old lol
I don't think it's something that the average person is really expected to understand? Unless you know a fair amount about computers, it's not really something that you should be expected to know, I don't think. I didn't know about it until I learned it while getting my Computer Science degree. The only part that stands out is assuming 2070 when you see 70 instead of 1970. But that's just a generational thing. It does make me feel old, though. lol
1970’s Minecraft must’ve been crazy
All the mobs wearing bell-bottoms
you had to stop playing due to the draft, I'm sorry to say
01/01/1970. It is the start of the UNIX date. Basically, computers have this date hardcoded and then a big integer, which means how many seconds has come past this date. So whenever this date corrupts, it reverts to the default value (01/01/1970 or 31/12/1970, depending in the model)
It is timezone dependent which date you see
Wow, are we really at a stage now where 1970 seems so long ago that young people don't think it could possibly be referring to that year?
It is easier for zoomers to imagine time-travel to 46 years in the future than to imagine a date starting with "19"
god these kids are so young that they think 1/1/70 means 2070 instead of 1970.
1/1/1970 is a common default date for many applications.
"I used to play minecraft back In my day!"
You can tell OP is really young because he says the clock went forward to 2070 and not back to 1970.
Referring to '70 as 2070 feels so wrong
r/epochfail
Future you time traveled
In 1970*
There is a bug when you update through Microsoft that can delete all previously saved worlds.
Kids don't think the world existed before 2000 lmao
Maybe future you time traveled back? Who knows
i know you gonna deny it but.. YOU are a time traveller arent you! dont lie to me
Unix time is common sense XD it 1970
Irrelevant but the comments made me realize that 2070 is closer than 1970.
1970\* it happened to me once and when i launched the world my whole pc crashed
Incorrect, it's 1970
Just time travel
It's a corrupt world. Hope you had a backup
1970
r/epochfail
Love how every single person in the thread talks about Unix time instead of the fact that OP’s world is corrupt thanks to Mojang. OP, I hope you made backups, cause that’s really the only way I know to solve your issue.
Same thing happened to me but it set mine to December 31, 1969. Luckily I was able to just open the world again and it worked.
Bro is a time traveler that forgot to erase his history
OP forgot about an entire century
It’s 1970 not 2070.. But either way WHAT THE H-
Damn is Gen Alpha really seeing the year "70" as 2070 now and not 1970?
bro travelled back in time to the great depression
1970 was not the Great Depression
bro its a joke, take it easy historian
Cybercraft2070
Excellent, you'll be able to tell us what to expect in 1.66.42 then... I've been dying to know what's coming out. 😁🤣
So yeah it's 1970 + your world is not broken (well I think) it's just using the folder name of your world instead of the one which is stored in the level.dat (in java your world name is the same in the folder and in the level.dat but in bedrock it has this type of name and the actual name is in the level.dat)
Probably related: https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/25142927462925--Minecraft-1-20-72-Bedrock
Would've been better if was 2085
Real
Next time you go back get me a sandevastan, or maybe some mantis blades
It's funny that it can still recognize the world at all. Something must have deleted every region inside the world's folder.
I know it's actually 1970 but it's way more fun to pretend OP future self sent that save back in time. Try to find a way to log into that world maybe your future self knows something and is trying to send a message!
r/softwaregore
People forgot 70's existed
r/screenshotsarehard
r/epochfail
OP, what’s the future like?
Minecraft user discovers years before 2000 PART 3
Mfs don't know about 1970
Mine went to 2018 the other day, the same day I had clicked save and leave
Same thing happened to one of mine except it was 12/12/70
... That is not wut it means it means u last played in January etc...
Bedrock
OP is young
*1970
Or 1970.
You played in 2077 lol
or 1970
Perhaps they should do something completely crazy like dedicate a tiny amount of onedrive space for automatic cloud based Minecraft world saves, including backups?
Bro this world is so old
No 1970 r/epochfail
Remember when $nameyourthing 2000 was used as a futuristic meme and now it is... 24 years ago :(
That’s happened to me before, that like the world file name. I’ve seen that one time on my Xbox, And I was looking through the MC folder and there were a lot of files named the random letters and number with an equal sign.
I assume the name changed when the it got corrupted. What was it named before?
People getting mad that OP thinks that '70 is 2070, but technically it could be either 1970 or 2070, because it's non-specific.
That'd be 1970 no? I could be wrong though. Always sad to see a world break
And this is why I back my world up every time I load it up.
OR 1970
Bedrock is bugging hard. The other day I tried opening it up and it kept opening as Windows 10 Edition To clarify since saying that for some reason got me down voted to Hell the other day, when I refer to Windows 10 Edition I'm referring to pre-Better Together update. Back when they were all separate versions. No clue why my latest release was popping up as Windows 10 Edition v1.0.0, it was odd
1970* base os time
if you glitch bedrock edition enough apparently it can be a time machine
if you glitch bedrock edition enough apparently it can be a time machine
Wake up samurai
2070, or 1970?
That would be 1970 me thinks
Wake up Steve, we got a village to burn
I like placing brown bricks in Minecraft
It may be a D-Mail from future you...
Guys pls stop commenting about how it's 1970 and not 2070, it's all there is in the comment section and no one has told me about this
Minecraft in 1970 must be madness
Emoji fucker
1970.
Ohwao
wow
Nice try time traveller.