Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: flee@dictionopolis.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Cnews and old news Message-ID: Date: 23 Sep 90 21:47:37 GMT References: <26675@mimsy.umd.edu> <1990Sep23.042833.24834@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 7 Nntp-Posting-Host: dictionopolis.cs.psu.edu >The trouble is that getdate() is relatively costly How about adding a "Machine-Readable-Date:" header in Unix time or network time? Would it be worth it even if only a few sites added such a field? -- Felix Lee flee@cs.psu.edu