Be aware... that "seconds since 1970-01-01" is configurable (but just happens to be the default value).
The correct statement would be "seconds since the epoch"
If you want to support posix type time here's a great explanation of the hardware clock setting.
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/hwclock.8.html
The correct statement would be "seconds since the epoch"
If you want to support posix type time here's a great explanation of the hardware clock setting.
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/hwclock.8.html