Understanding the "Thu Jan 01 1970" Timestamps

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Understanding the "Thu Jan 01 1970" Timestamps

by Mathew Brown :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

  This may be a really simple question, but I was wondering what it
  means when you find a file with a timestamp of "Thu Jan 01 1970"?
  Clearly the file wasn't created then, so what does it mean?  I run
  into this quite often.  Thanks.

Date,Size,Type,Mode,UID,GID,Meta,File Name

Thu Jan 01 1970 02:00:00,1000,..c.,r/rrwxrwxrwx,0,0,11,C:/1.txt
Thu Jan 01 1970 02:00:00,20124,..c.,r/rrwxrwxrwx,0,0,11,C:/cover.jpg
....

Thanks.
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Re: Understanding the "Thu Jan 01 1970" Timestamps

by RB-14 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 06:57, Mathew Brown<mathewbrown@...> wrote:
>  This may be a really simple question, but I was wondering what it
>  means when you find a file with a timestamp of "Thu Jan 01 1970"?
>  Clearly the file wasn't created then, so what does it mean?  I run
>  into this quite often.  Thanks.
>
> Date,Size,Type,Mode,UID,GID,Meta,File Name
>
> Thu Jan 01 1970 02:00:00,1000,..c.,r/rrwxrwxrwx,0,0,11,C:/1.txt
> Thu Jan 01 1970 02:00:00,20124,..c.,r/rrwxrwxrwx,0,0,11,C:/cover.jpg

A timestamp of or around (depending on timezone correction) the epoch
- January 1, 1970 at midnight - indicates a value of 'zero'.  Someone
could have zeroed the timestamp, or the analysis program could have
not found one, or there's an invalid value.  Look up epoch or UNIX
time for a more in-depth explanation.

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