Re: Re: Last Mod using server side perl

...document.lastModified returns "0", which is then interpreted as the "beginning of time".

Minor nit: if the date displayed is "12/31/1969", then document.lastModified probably returned "-1", rather than "0". In other words, the second before midnight Jan 1st, 1970, which is the beginning of time as far as *nix is concerned.

By the way, this nitpicking only feels appropriate because it's only hours away from midnight, Jan 1st, 2004. ;-)

Liz

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Re^3: Last Mod using server side perl by ChemBoy (Priest) on Dec 31, 2003 at 19:02 UTC
Nit back atcha—for those of us in zones less than GMT (e.g. GMT -400, my current location), Unix date 0 is indeed in 1969, since the beginning if time took place in England. :-) If God had meant us to fly, he would never have given us the railroads. --Michael Flanders	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Last Mod using server side perl by pg (Canon) on Dec 31, 2003 at 20:28 UTC
liz, it is documented behavior to return "0", but not "-1". If you take time zone into consideration, it is definitely not a surprise to see "1969/12/31" get printed.	[reply]