timeSentinel     = time.Unix(0, 0).UTC()
	timeSentinel1970 = time.Unix(0, 1).UTC() // 1970 used for special cases when xlmeta.version == 0
)

// Boot modTimes up to disk count, setting the value to time sentinel.
func bootModtimes(diskCount int) []time.Time {
	modTimes := make([]time.Time, diskCount)
	// Boots up all the modtimes.
	for i := range modTimes {
		modTimes[i] = timeSentinel
	}
	return modTimes
}