Yup that'll be the time, and here is where you heard it first on PDD, plus geeky conversation about code:

http://www.perfectduluthday.com/2009/02/08/got-root/#comments

Man, I'm just screwing up left and right today! There goes my geek street cred.

My geeky English "house brother" also told me about the UNIX time thing. Although it's about midnight where he is so he probably had a better celebration than us Duluthians. 

In fact, he sent me a "countdown" link which played "Celebration" and lit-off cyberworks.