Because it almost is!
If this isn’t a reason to party I just don’t know what is.
On this Friday, Feb 13 at exactly 3:31:30 PM (PST), Unix time will equal ’1234567890′.
Where will you be at 1234567890?
and per the site bits-bytes-2.com
It’s worth noting that a new sort of Year 2000 Problem will occur on January 19, 2038, when Unix time reaches 9999999999 and runs out of digits—also known as the Year 2038 Problem. As UnixTimeStamp.com explains (with an irresistible pun):
Before this moment millions of applications will need to either adopt a new convention for time stamps or be migrated to 64-bit systems which will buy the time stamp a “bit” more time.
As with the Y2K problem, my guess is that we’ll all be fine… but things could also go horribly wrong.
If you want to start celebrating today you can celebrate Thomas Edison’s birthday. My mom suggested that I could celebrate by either changing out a lightbulb or by going out and getting lit. (tee hee hee).
