So How Was Your 1234567890

Yes, today is Valentines Day but computer users know that yesterday was a big day, as well.  No, not because it was Friday the 13th?  Not because Pitchers and Catchers reported to Spring Training.  Not even because it was the day of try outs for the Lingerie Footbal League?

No it's because it was 1234567890.

As reported by the Times Online,  "at precisely 23:31:30 GMT (last night), the ten-digit clock used by Unix computers - which includes the servers that run everything from the internet to air traffic control - will display all ten decimal digits in sequence. 

"Computers count time differently. They simply count the seconds from “Co-ordinated Standard Time”, or to human beings, the seconds elapsed from midnight, January 1, 1970 - the digital equivalent of the birth of Christ. Unix time is how many seconds there have been since then (not including leap seconds, in case you were wondering)"

Pretty cool in a geeky way...