That's the epoc date; it's supposed to be that way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time


On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> When using 'touch' to reset the date of a file, I just discovered that I
> cannot set a date earlier than 1969. What is the reason for that
> limitation? and is there any way around it?
>
> touch -t 6907010101 filename <E> works okay ...however,
> touch -t 6807010101 filename <E> will not work.
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