Maybe we could set them to 1907 and remain happy that near-future leap years and weekdays will align perfectly well. At least until 2100 needs to be skipped as a leap year ;)
Unix epoch: the number of seconds passed since 1 January 1970 and storing it as a signed 32-bit binary integer
The minimum representable date turns out to be on 1901 and zero is a valid value (1 January 1970)... I wonder what problems people with that birth date have? Similar to the person named Null, or Bobby Drop Tables?
