Eli5: Why does the 1st or January 1970 show up in various places in my phone?
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On the Unix operating system, points in time were originally represented as seconds from Jan. 1, 1970. Hence a 0 value represents that specific date.
Android is derived from Linux which was modeled after UNIX. So there’s a good chance that if you’re seeing Jan. 1, 1970, it’s because some program is converting a 0 to a textual date.
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