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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by Xoros on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:44AM (#15319304)
The first time (years ago...) I had to enter my birth date on a website that asked it to me for no valid reason, there was a default value. It's now my birthdate on every others !
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by sbarre on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:46AM (#15319688)
January 1st 1970 is sometimes known as "The Internet's birthday" for this reason..
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by userbinator on Saturday September 23, 2017 @11:26AM (#15320140)
It's also the "UNIX Birthday".
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by alanh on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:04PM (#15322253)
Right, leave it blank when enrolling → Empty value coerced to number becomes 0 → Recorded in Unix timestamp format where 0 is Jan 1 1970 → Wow, everyone was born then?
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