-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    MK> Yes.  I believe the Bluewave offline format used a 32-bit signed int   
    MK> unixtime in seconds which has a shelf life which expires in 2038.   
    MK> Syncronet uses an unsigned int which extends the shelf life to Febuary   
    MK> of 2106.  The 'date' command uses a 64-bit float which has a shelf life   
    MK> good up to the year 2147485547 which is over two billion years from   
    MK> now.  Our unixtime is good up to 67768036191676799.000000000 seconds   
    MK> which is definetly overkill methinks. :-)   
      
   Yep, the representation of dates has improved over the years. ;)   
      
    MK> In an attempt to make messages truly unique, the addition of   
    MK> nanoseconds furthers that cause despote it's accuracy being doubtful.   
      
   True! :)  I just find resolution exceeding accuracy to be "not right".  My   
   engineering studies showing up. ;)   
      
      
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