epoch fail

When entering a date earlier than 1970 results in an error or crash. Coined by xkcd.

"I can't enter any of my Silver Age comics into this database. Epoch fail!"

by jgpallack January 28, 2008

Unix Epoch

A point in history, specifically midnight UTC on January 1, 1970. Used as the starting point for Unix Time.

Synonym: seventies

Related term: Unix Time

Last night the clock on my computer got reset to the Unix Epoch.

by Yamato Yamamoto June 27, 2022

Epoch Fail

Like epic fail, but specifically referring to computers being to stupid to figure out the date after a certain point. A more generic term for y2k.

Weird - my code's crashing when given pre-1970 dates.

Epoch Fail!

by epoch fail August 12, 2008

Epoch shattering

Revolutionary or ground-breaking, turning the world on its arse and forcing paradigms to be shifted in response.

Bacon salt is epoch shattering, the world may never be the same.

by DaivRawks September 8, 2011