[Git][reproducible-builds/reproducible-website][master] explain SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH on /docs/source_date_epoch

[Holger Levsen (@holger)]

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3764949f by Holger Levsen at 2022-03-30T01:42:39+02:00
explain SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH on /docs/source_date_epoch

Signed-off-by: Holger Levsen <holger at layer-acht.org>

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 `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` is a [standardised environment variable](https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/) that distributions can set centrally and have build tools consume this in order to produce reproducible output.
 
+In practice `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` specifies the last modification of something, usually the source code, (measured) in seconds since the unix epoch, which is January 1st 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
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 Before implementing this, you should scan through [our checklist](https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/StandardEnvironmentVariables#Checklist) to see if you can avoid implementing it.
 
 If you find that it's ideal for your use-case, please feel free to jump straight to our **[published specification](https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/)**.



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