diff --git a/.zk/notebook.db b/.zk/notebook.db index 5c03332..747bbf9 100644 Binary files a/.zk/notebook.db and b/.zk/notebook.db differ diff --git a/zk/Time_and_computers.md b/zk/Time_and_computers.md index 93db0df..8452108 100644 --- a/zk/Time_and_computers.md +++ b/zk/Time_and_computers.md @@ -2,11 +2,26 @@ id: l29u title: Time_and_computers tags: [] -created: Sunday, April 28, 2024 +created: Sunday, April 28, 2024 --- + # Time_and_computers +## Epochs and Unix Time -## Related notes +An epoch is a period of time identified by a starting point. +The standard epoch for measuring against is known colloqially as "Unix Time": +midnight on 1st January 1970. Unix time is the number of seconds that have +elapsed since this point. This is the standard for Windows and most unix +systems. +For example midnight on 2nd January 1970 would be 86400 seconds since the epoch. +The deduction is as follows: + +``` +60 * 60 * 24 = 86400 +``` + +We are multiplpying the number of seconds in a minute by the number of minutes +in an hour by the number of hours in a day.