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by bostick 1391 days ago
Are there any references for this? What is the "epoch" here?

1024 weeks before Sept 17 is February 1, 2003. What is significant about that date?

References welcome.

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Probably what this comment is suggesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32700347

That given the 10-bit limitation, some devices chose their own epoch date to get as much use of the 10-bits as possible. Meaning they chose some arbitrary date earlier than the device manufacture date.