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Re:Changing Date to Jan 1, 1970 disables 64-bit iOS devices by rdancer on Saturday February 13, 2016 @07:32PM (#11096456)
Even if the implementation hurdles raised by others would be overcome, as I am certain they could be, this would help how?
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Re:Changing Date to Jan 1, 1970 disables 64-bit iOS devices by ikeboy on Saturday February 13, 2016 @07:35PM (#11096472)
Presumably because it would be impossible to set the time back to 1970, avoiding associated issues.
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Re:Changing Date to Jan 1, 1970 disables 64-bit iOS devices by rdancer on Sunday February 14, 2016 @12:28AM (#11097256)
... but it wouldn't prevent setting time to 2014. Again, how does this help?
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