Just in case anyone has missed it, today the *nix system time hits 1234567890 at: date -d @1234567890 = Fri Feb 13 18:31:30 EST 2009 See http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009021301735OSCYDT for more insight into the event. My wife and I will be toasting its arrival with Kahlua and coffee. Cheers! Later . . . Jim