on 7/30/02 11:53 PM, William Ove at wove_at_mac.com wrote:
> My PM8600 reverts to some time in 1956 when its battery dies. I am not
> sure of the significance of that date, but I assume it also was chosen
> based on the convenience of some computer algorithm as well.
Actually, it's an easter egg. It is somebody's birthday--I forget whose.
As for 1 January 1904, that is "zero" day for the Apple clock. It counts
seconds from midnight of that date and figures dates and times from it--or
at least Hypercard does, and I'm sure that this was how the original system
clock worked as well. I don't see why Apple would change that. Anyway, it
works well in Hypercard to use a single integer-based system for both date
and time. And yes, I do believe 1904 is based on leap years, but it's been a
long time, and I don't remember details. :-)
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