Thread: PMs Messing Up?
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Old 09-07-2008, 10:04 PM   #19
Bungleau
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Default Re: PMs Messing Up?

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Originally Posted by Garnet FalconDance View Post
Yeah, there's weirdness going on. Yesterday morn I got a pm here from someone who registered "Join Date: December 31, 1969 Posts: 0" wanting me to join some website as a mod. *checking the calendar* Nope, it isn't April 01 yet.


*Same guy, it seems. Wonked join date, completely unsolicited. AND I have no way of viewing any sort of profile. Nope, ain't gonna do it.*
12/31/69 (or 31/12/69, if you prefer) is a common "zero" date in computing. Basically, if there's no date value, that gets plugged in. Since he's apparently been banned, his account's gone and when you check the PM, there's no start date, so 12/31/69 gets plugged in.

I got it too... I wonder how many people he sent it to? It'd be a pain, for sure...
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