On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> wrote:

Things like this don't really occur in one day [1] "Unix was born in
1969 not 1974" - dmr

Is it fair to say 1/1/1970 is the spiritual christening and the day to
celebrate?

Christians also do not know the _exact_ year when Jesus was born, but they arbitrary chose the date as the start of their Epoch.

The Roman calendar before was counted ab urbe condita (from the foundation of the city, i.e., Rome) in 753 BC, so that year was the start of their Epoch.

I think it is fair to say that our calendar started on 1/1/1970, and not because UNIX was born on that day, but because that day was chosen arbitrary by the Fathers of UNIX.

We, as UNIX disciples, should start counting our calendar starting with the UNIX Epoch, so we have 48 and not 2018 now...

--Andy