Yamato Yamamoto's definitions

seventies

Also written as: ’70s

(informal) the Unix Epoch.

Somehow the clock on my iPod got reset to the seventies.

by Yamato Yamamoto June 23, 2022

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

2023

A Gregorian non-leap year starting on a Sunday.

In the U.S. and Canada, Daylight Saving Time 2023 starts on March 12 and ends on November 5. In Europe, it starts on March 27 and ends on October 30.

by Yamato Yamamoto February 18, 2022

5784

A Hebrew calendar year, having 13 months, corresponding to 2024. It starts on September 16, 2023, and ends at nightfall on October 2, 2024.

5784 was the favorite year of my life; it had an extra Adar and a leap day in the Gregorian calendar.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021

11:43

The 703rd minute after midnight and the seventeenth before noon, the time right between 11:42 and 11:44.

Today I stayed in bed until 11:43.

by Yamato Yamamoto April 23, 2022

23:59

Also written as: 11:59 PM

The time of day after 23:58 and before 00:00.

Random dude: Hey, what time is it?
Me: It’s 23:59.

by Yamato Yamamoto May 13, 2021

5783

A Hebrew calendar year, starting on September 26, 2022, and ending with nightfall on September 15, 2023. It falls right in between two embolismic (13-month) years, 5782 and 5784.

- Hey, what year is this again?
- We are currently in the year 5783.
- Thank you

by Yamato Yamamoto May 14, 2021