I beg to differ. Was UNIX/UNICS born in a day (the 1st of jan 1970)? The question though only meant to seek out why the unix epoch was set at that date, and none other.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 March 2011 11:06, James Nzomo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kazikubwa@gmail.com">kazikubwa@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">31st Dec 1969 at 2359 hrs Unix (Unics as it was called) was born</blockquote></div><br>