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Date and time representation system widely used in computing
Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It measures time by the number of non-leap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Unix timeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Dynamic Butterfly ACM for Risk Optimization on the Real-Time Unix Operating SystemInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: IEEE standard for information technologyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The UNIX time-sharing systemCited 750 times
- Go sideways: Year 2038 problemA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Time formatting and storage bugsA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The UNIX time-sharing system
The UNIX Time-Sharing System†
UNIX Time-Sharing System: UNIX Implementation
UNIX Time-Sharing System: The UNIX Shell
UNIX Time-Sharing System: The C Programming Language
UNIX Time-Sharing System: Portability of C Programs and the UNIX System
UNIX Time-Sharing System: Foreword
UNIX Time-Sharing System: Language Development Tools
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
IEEE standard for information technologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · 1991- 📕Manual for a workstation-based generic flight simulation program (LaRCsim), version 1.4E. Bruce Jackson · 1995
- 📕Standards projectJohn Zolnowsky · 1993
SAS system for forecasting time seriesJohn Clare Brocklebank, John C., Ph.D. Brocklebank · 1986
Real-time UNIX systemsBorivoje Furht, Borko Furht · 1990- 📕The UNIX system. · 1984
- 📕UNIX programmer's manualKen Thompson · 1974
- 📕CPU timing routines for a CONVEX C220 computer systemMary Ann Bynum · 1989
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