From: Lance Kibblewhite (lance@eco.twg.com)
Date: 03/18/97-11:49:49 AM Z
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970318094948.009048c0@vishnu.eco.twg.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 09:49:49 -0800 From: Lance Kibblewhite <lance@eco.twg.com> Subject: Re: 1/1/1970 If 2106 is too soon, then why not change the format from two 32 bit values to a single 64 unsigned value. With a 1970 base, this then ranges out to around 2554. To represent even older dates, the base could be moved back. 1601 gives a range out to 2185. for instance. We could also reduce the resolution for a wider range, but some day, maybe soon, even 1ns may be too small. Also, remember we are talking about file date/times, not general date/time formats. I would be very surprised if somebody was actually overloading the file date times to mean something application specific. It does seem, from an application point from of view, that this would be very unreliable. -- Lance
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