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Very annoying subtle bug!
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This line was used to create a timestamp in /etc/rc.sysinit

echo $(($(date +'%s * 1000 + %N/1000000'))) > /tmp/timestamp

It created a very subtle bug, can you spot it?

The proper solution:

echo $(($(date +%s%N)/1000000))

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