As the world was celebrating New Year yesterday, Facebook seemed to be having its own celebrations.

A bug in Facebook was telling users that theyve been friends for 46 years.

In fact millions of FB users were not even born while computers were used only for military purposes.

Facebook bug welcomes new year by telling users they have been friends for 46 years

The date Dec. 31, 1969 carries special significance for computer software, according to the Daily Dot.

That date is the first to appear in time tracking software for Unix computer systems called Unix Epoch.

Although not confirmed by Facebook, many are suggesting the bug originates with whats known as the Unix epoch.

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source: www.techworm.net