Path: utzoo!dciem!array!colin
From: colin@array.UUCP (Colin Plumb)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 64 bits for times....
Message-ID: <487@array.UUCP>
Date: 12 Aug 90 04:52:01 GMT
References: <2044@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Organization: Array Systems Computing, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
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Well, than, it's a good thing that Unix times are unsigned, and will
last until 2106.  For accuracy, use NTP timestamps, which are 32.32 bit
fixed-point integers, giving around .2 ns accuracy.  (232830643
attoseconds, if you're fussy)  It will run out shortly after 06:20 GMT
31 Jan 2106.  I can't tell you the exact time, because it depends on
the number of leap seconds used until then - it's based on atomic time,
while GMT is astronomical and the offset from atomic time is
periodically diddled.
-- 
	-Colin