title: What happened on Dec 31 1969 at 7:00 PM
body: <p>Every time in PHP when I make a variable such as this one:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$date = strtotime($row['date']);
  $date = date("M d Y \a\\t g:i A", $date); // Mmm dd YYYY at h:mm PM/AM
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and somehow <code>row['date']</code> happens to be 0, the date <code>Dec 31 1969 at 7:00 PM</code> is displayed on the screen? Google does not tell me much, I was wondering if this date had any significances.</p>