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[โ€“] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not sure it will, as it would have to be able to handle users older than that, so wouldn't have a reason for the default age to be that. Also depends on the UI (like my steam bday is something like jan 1 1900 because that's the default age already entered).

I was thinking it's less about using a "zero date" and more about the Linux/Unix community protesting the change by coding a well-known date.