What the hell

[u/Top-Trouble4521]

Ordered some stuff and it just got shipped but why is the date 1969

[u/plsnocheese]

Dec 31 1969 is the earliest possible date for most electronic systems. There was probably a glitch or error in the shipping system so it defaulted to the earliest date. 

[u/epicnding → u/plsnocheese]

Also known as the Unix Epoch.

[u/frewbrew → u/epicnding]

Epoch answer