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what is the reason that javascript getTime () will only go back to 1970?

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Internally the time is stored as the number of milliseconds that have passed since 1970. That's called a UNIX Timestamp.

 

It's a popular standard to store time. If you need older dates you will need to create your own date object and do the calculations yourself.

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