How to generate Unix time from dates?

[Bob Goudreau]

In article <1990Oct26.132604.16236 at virtech.uucp>, cpcahil at virtech.uucp
(Conor P. Cahill) writes:
> 
> The value returned by time(2) is the number of seconds (not
> microsecs) that have past since 12 Midnight December 31, 1969 GMT.

Minor nit:  the Epoch is actually midnight (00:00) of January 1,
1970 UCT (which is the same as GMT).

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