A date in history, chosen as the reference date from which time is measured. Note 1: An example of an epoch date is the beginning instant of January 1, 1900, Universal Time , for Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP ). Note 2: TCP/IP programs exchange date or time-of-day information with time expressed as the number of seconds past the epoch date.
EPOCH DATE
Meaning of EPOCH DATE in English
Telecommunication standard terms English vocab. Английский словарь стандартных телекоммуникационных терминов. 2012