For the non-computer programming types, computers trying to count time (seconds/hours/days/months/years) have to use special algorithms to count in "computereese"(like clock cycles or other means). It varies according to hardware & software, and the timing clocks need a starting point as part of the conversion (like 1/1/1970 for example). Early on, they could only count so high without running out of "bits" (digits) before they'd have what's called a stack overflow. This would impact databases and other items doing calculations adversely (think Y2k and divide by zero errors)...
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As u/Fatality stated, it is the number of non-leap seconds since January 1st 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC.
For the non-computer programming types, computers trying to count time (seconds/hours/days/months/years) have to use special algorithms to count in "computereese"(like clock cycles or other means). It varies according to hardware & software, and the timing clocks need a starting point as part of the conversion (like 1/1/1970 for example). Early on, they could only count so high without running out of "bits" (digits) before they'd have what's called a stack overflow. This would impact databases and other items doing calculations adversely (think Y2k and divide by zero errors)...
Thats becausr its not saying anything