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Linux-time 0x66666666 approaching fast!

Looking at Spellbinding log, yikes! The dreaded timestamp corresponds to:

June 10, 2024, at 02:35:18 (UTC)

Take appropriate measures - garlic, salt, break glass, sprinkle holy water, whatever, to ward off Satan.

You've been warned.

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🚀 stack

Jun 09 · 3 months ago · 👍 gritty, gemalaya, vi, pollux, allknowingfrog

5 Comments ↓

💀 requiem · Jun 09 at 23:10:

Hit me up if you need Holy Water 🤣

☀️ vi · Jun 10 at 07:03:

Satisfyingly, Unix timestamp 0x77777777 is on a July 7th.

🐐 allknowingfrog · Jun 10 at 19:37:

I slept right through it without knowing it was happening. Probably for the best.

♊️ pollux · Jun 11 at 13:40:

Yes, but waiting for it takes to long.

$ echo -n '77777777' | hex2date

Thursday, 07. July 2033 03:01:11 +0000 (UTC)

We should look also at 67676767 which is:

Sunday, 22. December 2024 01:12:07 +0000 (UTC)

♊️ pollux · Jun 11 at 13:45:

And 68686868:

Friday, 04. July 2025 23:48:56 +0000 (UTC)

69696969:

Thursday, 15. January 2026 22:25:45 +0000 (UTC)