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On Linux it’s easy. The furthest back a file can be dated is 1st January 1970, because then the Unix timestamp, on which time and date information are built, is exactly 0 (zero).
On Linux it’s easy. The furthest back a file can be dated is 1st January 1970, because then the Unix timestamp, on which time and date information are built, is exactly 0 (zero).