this guy gets it https://bsky.app/profile/fizbin.bsky.social/post/3li5jpx6iqk2d
Reposted from Daniel Martin
Chances are it is a "default for missing value" thing in the data, which is common, Musk is an idiot.

But also:

MOST OF THE TECHNICAL INFO IN THE QUOTED TWEET IS WRONG

COBOL's epoch time 0 is 1601. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_(... )
ISO 8601 sets no epoch, it's about textual format for dates.

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