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 11, 2009

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 October 7, 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 9, 2011

EPOCH

A faggot Person. PEDOPHILE.SIMP.DM EVERY GIRL EVEN 2yo stay away bans boys for no reason he is gay ahh person

EPOCH IS MUTHHAL.

by mastikhor1 May 1, 2025

epoch

when someone does something so corny you physically cringe, when a dude tries to hit on every girl, when youre in a vc and someone snitches on you, when someone times you out on discord.

hey are you less than 90 degree cuz youre an acute angle

stop thats so epoch

mastikhor: she wont let you hit lil bro

epoch : times mastikhor out
f91w : thats sooo epoch

by moj masti April 30, 2025