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Yep, this was my iPad after I had a broken screen replaced: http://blog.marksmith.org/too-much-security/ http://blog.marksmith.org/too-much-security/ I had to

Yep, this was my iPad after I had a broken screen replaced: http://blog.marksmith.org/too-much-security/ http://blog.marksmith.org/too-much-security/ I had to reinstall from a backup to enable wifi so it could talk to an ntp server and sort itself out.

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
I'm surprised the default time/date is UNIX epoch + 0. Realistically, it ought to be the date that version of iOS was released.
- natch 11y ago
  No programmer ever wished for more special cases when integrating date handling code, especially on a networked device and one that's so tightly integrated with other platforms and devices. And imagine the nightmare of testing the device pre-release, all while faking out the dates, both local and on NTP servers and on development desktop machines the under-development devices are tethered to, and somehow knowing exactly when the release day was going to be, possibly years in advance. So... no, I'm not sure about that plan. And I guess the bug would be unaffected in any case.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
    > And imagine the nightmare of testing the device pre-release, all while faking out the dates Huh? Why would you set the date to one in the future? Make the date be the one of the build.
- cmrx64 11y ago
  Why is that realistic?
- rdancer 11y ago
  Even if the implementation hurdles raised by others would be overcome, as I am certain they could be, this would help how?
  - ikeboy 11y ago
    Presumably because it would be impossible to set the time back to 1970, avoiding associated issues.
    - rdancer 11y ago
      ... but it wouldn't prevent setting time to 2014. Again, how does this help?
userbinator 11y ago
23510262 minutes from January 1st, 1970 is 2014 September 13, 01:42:00. Matches that date exactly.
- obelisk_ 11y ago
  Yes, they included that in their post below the picture. > NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:23510262*60 2014-09-13 13:42:00 +0000 Btw, are they using an Objective C repl?
  - jakobegger 11y ago
    That might be fscript? http://www.fscript.org http://www.fscript.org
    - mjmsmith 11y ago
      Yes, it's F-Script. Playgrounds pre-Swift :)

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago

I'm surprised the default time/date is UNIX epoch + 0. Realistically, it ought to be the date that version of iOS was released.

natch 11y ago
No programmer ever wished for more special cases when integrating date handling code, especially on a networked device and one that's so tightly integrated with other platforms and devices. And imagine the nightmare of testing the device pre-release, all while faking out the dates, both local and on NTP servers and on development desktop machines the under-development devices are tethered to, and somehow knowing exactly when the release day was going to be, possibly years in advance. So... no, I'm not sure about that plan. And I guess the bug would be unaffected in any case.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  > And imagine the nightmare of testing the device pre-release, all while faking out the dates Huh? Why would you set the date to one in the future? Make the date be the one of the build.
cmrx64 11y ago
Why is that realistic?
rdancer 11y ago
Even if the implementation hurdles raised by others would be overcome, as I am certain they could be, this would help how?
- ikeboy 11y ago
  Presumably because it would be impossible to set the time back to 1970, avoiding associated issues.
  - rdancer 11y ago
    ... but it wouldn't prevent setting time to 2014. Again, how does this help?

userbinator 11y ago

23510262 minutes from January 1st, 1970 is 2014 September 13, 01:42:00. Matches that date exactly.

obelisk_ 11y ago
Yes, they included that in their post below the picture. > NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:23510262*60 2014-09-13 13:42:00 +0000 Btw, are they using an Objective C repl?
- jakobegger 11y ago
  That might be fscript? http://www.fscript.org http://www.fscript.org
  - mjmsmith 11y ago
    Yes, it's F-Script. Playgrounds pre-Swift :)