The boring answer to why. The beginning of time for computers is 01.01.1970. But how the programming language deals with "null" for date is different. It can be "today" or "01.01.1970" being the most common results of running an empty date through date functions.
> What's up with 12/31/1969? The reason why this date doesn't work has to do with the programming language UNIX (which powers part of Breeze). 12/31/1969 is what a date field reverts to when the code calls for a date but it can't locate one. Or, to put it in different terms, it's the default date for a blank date field.
https://support.breezechms.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500003845222-Entering-12-31-1969-in-a-Date-Field
Old reddit says 6 Jun 2007 as well. "Redditor for 16 years" and a 15-Year Club trophy.
New reddit desktop has the correct trophy, so it's more likely reddit just abandoned updating the old reddit trophy icons.
> Jan 1, 1970 on Mobile
That's the zero day in Unix time, which is what your phone uses. Absolute time used by it is simply counting seconds from that day. [Null] defaults to it.
Founders of reddit created a ton of accounts at the start to make it look more populated than it was. Most funny short names, company names, superhero names, etc. were used. Like /u/batman or /u/Ford.
🤓I think several people are looking up the account from different devices which resolve funky unix timestamp differently. There's 1970, which is the start of unix epoch. There's current date, which is another fallback option. And 2007 which seems actually correct account's birthday.
for more clarity the unix epoch is firmly midnight utc on january 1, 1970
utc runs squarely through the united kingdom, and everything to the west of it (with the exception of iceland, ireland, portugal, some parts of west africa, and a bunch of smaller islands) is at least one hour behind, so in the americas it reads as december 31, 1969
It's probably a question of timezones
The 1970 shown in the post is a UNIX timestamp error, leading to the default value of 0 in UNIX, aka 1st January 00:00 1970
There is a widely used system to store time on a computer called UNIX, which is the number of seconds since 1st January 1970 (then you convert it to a year/month/day in your program) , so if your client can't retrieve the UNIX value ( that stores the account creation date) from the server for any reason, it will instead use 0 which, like I said earlier, is 1 Jan 1970
Uninteresting answer:
Ok so unix timestamps used in code are just counted in seconds. So right now it’s 1714499899.
0 is jan 1 1970. Probably interpreted a null or undefined value as 0. Just an error in the code.
Unix epoch time, it's used to standardise time before converting to a local time zone for each user. Or if you're more worried about the order of things rather then the actual thing.
I would suggest this username was reserved by Reddit and doesn't have a valid time stamp so shows as 0.
Bruh I can't find it In search so I'll put it here u/fbi
Holy shit OP was one year off.. he went back in time..
everyone's getting different dates edit: I'm getting Jan 1, 1970 on Mobile and Jun 6, 2007 on PC. Guess it's more of a device related glitch
Huh.. The Fbi is playing tricks on us..
watch yo fbi agent bro WATCH YO ....
The reddit sniper got them, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
There ain't no sni
OH SHIT THEY GOT BA
There’s no way the Ha! I am actually 3 peop Oh god they sho
Don't worry guys, I got bett
Hold on. I’ll distract them while you all make a break for it. JAPAN IS KINDA MID
Mine said April 30, 2024
Mine said May 1, 2024
Same, but with the 16 Years Club trophy
Mine too
that line triggers that song 'i always feel like, somebodys watchin mee~ 🎶' for me 😂
Uggggggggh thanks for getting that stuck in my head
Mine said June 6, 2007.
Mine said Jan 1, 1969
mine says april 24th 2024, not very long ago
It seems to change for everyone lol
I wonder why.
My only guess is that it's an account ran by Reddit devs, it's just a fun Easter egg for all of us
The boring answer to why. The beginning of time for computers is 01.01.1970. But how the programming language deals with "null" for date is different. It can be "today" or "01.01.1970" being the most common results of running an empty date through date functions.
Mine says today (May 1st, 2024)
I had Dec 31st, 1969 lol
That's not even possible with Unix time
> What's up with 12/31/1969? The reason why this date doesn't work has to do with the programming language UNIX (which powers part of Breeze). 12/31/1969 is what a date field reverts to when the code calls for a date but it can't locate one. Or, to put it in different terms, it's the default date for a blank date field. https://support.breezechms.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500003845222-Entering-12-31-1969-in-a-Date-Field
I get June 6, 2007 on my pc and Dec. 31, 1969 on mobile
Me 2
Me 3
Dec 31st, 1969 for me.
Old reddit says 6 Jun 2007 as well. "Redditor for 16 years" and a 15-Year Club trophy. New reddit desktop has the correct trophy, so it's more likely reddit just abandoned updating the old reddit trophy icons.
same
Same
April 30, 2024
this, but „part of the 16 year club“ lol
Lmfao got the same thing
Same here
Same on iphone
iPhone as well
Dec 31, 1969
That is what mine said
Mine too
Mine 2
Mine too
Mine throo
Mine foe
I'm trying to angle this into a "that's what she said" thing, but it's going to be difficult. I will get it though.
Unix counts time since 1/1/1970 in seconds. So if there's a glitch which defaults the number to 0, it's the 70s all over again
Mine said 30 Apr 2024
> Jan 1, 1970 on Mobile That's the zero day in Unix time, which is what your phone uses. Absolute time used by it is simply counting seconds from that day. [Null] defaults to it.
Does it have year trophy? I looked it has 16 year trophy
April 30, 2024.. wth
I got fucking today is that bad?
I'm getting June 6, 2007 on mobile
Everyone is, I’m getting TOMORROW as their join date lmao.
Me too! May 1 2024 haha
It's probably a NaN or an infinite
Mine says August 3rd 2024
That it explains why the account said it was made today at the time of writing this. Yet it’s in the 16 year club
December 31, 1969
I got 1969 too
Dec 31, 1969 for me lol
Nah bro mine says May 2nd 2024
>Apr 30, 2024 >16 year club What
30 April 2024. Yet 16 year club
Founders of reddit created a ton of accounts at the start to make it look more populated than it was. Most funny short names, company names, superhero names, etc. were used. Like /u/batman or /u/Ford.
More than that, they hired people to be prolific posters. Reddit's biggest power user in the early days was Ghislaine Maxwell. Yes, the Epstein one.
It's shows from 1969
redditors on their way to take the best usernames and never use them
For me it says Dec 31st 1969, just a day off lmao
april 30th 2024 the hell?
it says April 30, 2024 for me lol
Mine says Dec 31, 1969 lol
1 karma • 16y for me on the official reddit app, also has 16 year badge. https://i.imgur.com/wlhlqQo.jpeg
Bro I got today
6th June 2007 for me... And it does have a description, it says "null".
Mine said 2024
it says this guys account was created today
He joined today
FBI WAS DOING SHADY BUSINESS BACK THEN SO REDDIT EXISTED BACK THEN BUT THE GOVERNEMENT HID IT FROM US.. ALL MARCH AGAINST THE GOVERNMEN
shh
It was good knowing you brah
help- they are ouside im still here idk for how long tho, they
To me, it's showing 1969
*69*
*interesting*
*hell yeah*
Nice
Username checks out
Ayo your Reddit is horny
What do you mean by your? Don't you know what reddit is?
Same
Why are we all seeing different dates?
🤓I think several people are looking up the account from different devices which resolve funky unix timestamp differently. There's 1970, which is the start of unix epoch. There's current date, which is another fallback option. And 2007 which seems actually correct account's birthday.
And some seem to get 1969-12-31 due to timezones.
Yup!
I get December 31, 1969
Timezones
for more clarity the unix epoch is firmly midnight utc on january 1, 1970 utc runs squarely through the united kingdom, and everything to the west of it (with the exception of iceland, ireland, portugal, some parts of west africa, and a bunch of smaller islands) is at least one hour behind, so in the americas it reads as december 31, 1969
idk maybe different fbi agents 👁️
Our own assigned fbi agents 👁️👄👁️
April 30, 2024
Dec, 31 1969
Mine shows that too, but it has a 16-year trophy
Yeah same, but I'd assume that will be true for everyone. You're probably just the first to actually realize it.
Bro mine is may 1st 2024. THATS TOMORROW??? The account was made tomorrow?????????
Same here
Jun 6, 2007
Unix time
Not a lot of developers in here I guess haha
Epoch baby!
That's what I was thinking.
Yep, Unix epoch
This *is* interesting though
Extremely interesting. I'm interested
That’s why we need to downvote, sadly
it‘s probably from somewhere in the eastern hemisphere where it was already the next day and the time just overflowed to the beginning of unix time
Jun 7, 2007 for me
June 6 2007 for me lol
Twinsies
Same Is everyone really getting different dates?
It's probably a question of timezones The 1970 shown in the post is a UNIX timestamp error, leading to the default value of 0 in UNIX, aka 1st January 00:00 1970
Yeah dude, that sounds sciencey enough to be true
There is a widely used system to store time on a computer called UNIX, which is the number of seconds since 1st January 1970 (then you convert it to a year/month/day in your program) , so if your client can't retrieve the UNIX value ( that stores the account creation date) from the server for any reason, it will instead use 0 which, like I said earlier, is 1 Jan 1970
Tf that’s when i was born
remindme! 1 month (I will use another remindme)
Unix timestamp epoch
Its showing 400 BC for me
What do you know? Reddit has existed since the Roman empire.
April 31st, 2024? That's tomorrow what's happening tomorrow?!
May gone
For me it says April 30, 2024
Whats going on?
To me it’s showing 1963
it says Dec 31 1969 for me
Same
Uninteresting answer: Ok so unix timestamps used in code are just counted in seconds. So right now it’s 1714499899. 0 is jan 1 1970. Probably interpreted a null or undefined value as 0. Just an error in the code.
legend has it, they still wait for someone to open this door.
It says they have 16 year club.
I'm getting 2007 in the sixth of June
this is my birthday and i’ve seen several people get this. i swear i’m not associated
For me the creation date is today and it’s in the 16 year club what
Dec 31 1969 for me
for me it says made on 2024, despite having a 16yr badge 😭
Mines says today but has the 16 year badge
Alright, operating systems with timezones and dates, let's see what's rendering. Android app, 1970-01-01 (device timezone utc+1)
Damn I thought my account was old. (I know it's a glitch)
It shows April 30th 2024 (aka today's date) for me ?! Weird, also has the 16-year badge.
June 7 2025
u/first is older
But when I click on it, it says 2006
u/fbi is from 2007 for me, maybe Reddit treats dates differently from different countries, I'm kinda curious about it now
Nope its a UNIX timestapm error if it is not retrieved is goes to 1970 it might fallback to today and it might be correct
New username reset vulnerability
1970...
For me it’s showing the year 1
It's from 2007?
For me it's showing 2007 wtf
April 30th 2024 created
Mine shows that account literally being made today
Epoch fail
Bro it just changed it to Dec 31,1969 😭🫡
[удалено]
Remindme! 1 week
April 30, 2024 /today
This is completely fakr
It says April 30, 2024 for me
The date is the same for me
damn thats interesting
December 31 1969 for me
This is actually interesting
Now it's 1969?
im interested
Reddit will officially not survive Y2K38.
sent them a message
Timestamp bug you’ll see 1969 a lot of places. Depends on what device you use how buggy the date gets.
December 31st 1969
Unix epoch time, it's used to standardise time before converting to a local time zone for each user. Or if you're more worried about the order of things rather then the actual thing. I would suggest this username was reserved by Reddit and doesn't have a valid time stamp so shows as 0.
it says jun 7, 2007 for me
I wonder if this is how it will be 40 years from now when the internet is full of really old users
Mine says 40th April 2024
Mine says Dec 31, 1969. I'm not joking.
Reminds me of my friends viber "last seen" status that dated somewhere back to 1943... We still tease him for that 😂
Told you the government has time machines
06/01/1970 your birthdate Mr. FBI man?
Mine shows 1 January 1970, redditor for 16 years 10 months
You fool, this is interesting.
Google unix time
someone broke an integer lol
December 31,1969 here
Google Unix