On 3/3/08, Ray L. Bon <ray_bon at telus.net> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:34:07 -0800 > pw <p.willis at telus.net> wrote: > > > Apparently this second didn't exist: > > > > date -u -d "12/31/1969 23:59:59" +%s > it does on ubuntu 7.04. Likewise on Ubuntu 7.10... Brian