Alliance member left ……. 57 years ago!?? Strange in game message.

Obviously not a big issue but it’s def been good for a few laughs.

I thought it was a one time thing but it’s happened a few times this month

Comments

PantherusNZ

Yeah i've seen the same thing several times, just ignore it now

BringPopcorn

Bendy

Its even more funny when u know the game isnt even that old

World Eater

Yeah i've seen the same thing several times, just ignore it now

How can I ignore that my alliance mates have learned to time travel!?

Glad I’m not the only one seeing this.

Side note: it looks like the date it brings me back to is December 31st, 1969.

Dukenpuke

January 1, 1970 should be a very familiar date to anyone that has done any kind of database development.

BringPopcorn

January 1, 1970 should be a very familiar date to anyone that has done any kind of database development.

Isn't that the date that was turning Iphones into bricks?

Dukenpuke

Just google "Epoch time."

SkyLord7000

It’s the start date for most internal computer clocks

MikeHancho31

Yeah i've seen the same thing several times, just ignore it now
How can I ignore that my alliance mates have learned to time travel!?

Glad I’m not the only one seeing this.

Side note: it looks like the date it brings me back to is December 31st, 1969.

Nice

AdarshClashes

yeah he time travelled

World Eater

Maybe this can be fixed in the next update

Colinwhitworth69

Back when we played MCOC on an abacus.

RiderofHell

Who let the tardis in. 🤣

World Eater

New month , still happening. Members left my alliance 19,675 days ago. Def dates back to Jan 1 , 1970

SummonerNR

So the code for that line above of “Members Left Alliance” is displaying the difference between 2 variables in code.
One being the current time (OK, easy enough).

Other being a variable in code that is supposed to indicate when Alliance Member(s) have left.
But that variable looks like it is never being set to anything at the time members leave. Leaving it as the default of “0”.
So when it calculates the difference, it comes out to people having left 1/1/1970 (or 12/31/1969, probably depending on timezones and how you see your current time).

As that is a “beginning of time” point for some types of software “Time” variables.
Aka, TIME = 0

Adri5846

Was Kang in your alli? Lol

World Eater

Time keeps on slippin’…….

Crcrcrc

Finally figured this out, it’s the programming Unix time standard, which is basically just a timestamp system that started January 1st, 1970, that helps keep timers in computer programs on track by having a baseline. Looks like the system just uses the entire counter as a placeholder for the member left counter.

SummonerNR

Finally figured this out, it’s the programming Unix time standard, which is basically just a timestamp system that started January 1st, 1970, that helps keep timers in computer programs on track by having a baseline. Looks like the system just uses the entire counter as a placeholder for the member left counter.

Oh, so it's Unix time variable that uses 1/1/1970 ? Nice.

Knew that some system or language used that as a starting date, see a few replies up above, wasn’t sure which might have used 1970 or 1980, or earlier (as below).

Knew it wasn’t quite as recent of a starting point as C++ time variable (which isn’t that something like 1901 ??, without getting into how that system had originally miscalculated one of the Leap Year days, so there's some “quirk” to that one).

So yes, the more days go on here, that # will be ever increasing, since “current” date keeps growing, but “zero” date is fixed at (well, ZERO).

SummonerNR

(Title correction).
Just noticed you said 57 years in this Title.
Actually that # in game message calculates (correctly) to 53+ years, not 57, lol.

World Eater

(Title correction).
Just noticed you said 57 years in this Title.
Actually that # in game message calculates (correctly) to 53+ years, not 57, lol.

Forgive my miscalculation.

This message continues to appear

World Eater

Still happening 5 months later …. My alliance mates are time travelers

Sundance_2099

Time? Don't talk to me about time! We don't have the time!
....
What was I saying?

World Eater

Maybe it will be fixed in the next update

but I’m not counting on it

World Eater

Time keeps on slippin ….