Re: feature request-- [epoch]
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texte = John, I hear ya, I was just thinking outside of the box to address the viability of Donovan's request, which was to be able to specify our own epoch for whatever reason. He asked if he could find out how fast a pig can fly, and rather than tell him that pigs don't fly and move on, I am just exploring a solution given the parameters he specified. -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com ------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:41:58 -0500 John Peacock
wrote: >Dan Strong wrote: > >>Sorry ahead of time if my thinking is malformed (this IS off the top of >>my head...), but intuitively, it seems to me that by knowing the date of >>the epoch ('standard' (UNIX, etc.), or your own) you could do anything >>you want... > >Please believe me when I say that the only epoch worth discussing is 1970-01-01T00:00:00. This >is the international UTC epoch (and oddly enough the Unix one as well). In order for a "number >of seconds since some epoch" to be useful, the "epoch" must be the same for all calculations. > This number will be consistent no matter what timezone you are in (which a floating epoch will >not be). > >If you want to use "number of seconds since some specific second" subtract the epoch from your >value to produce an offset. > >John > >-- >John Peacock >Director of Information Research and Technology >Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group >4501 Forbes Boulevard >Suite H >Lanham, MD 20706 >301-459-3366 x.5010 >fax 301-429-5748 > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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John, I hear ya, I was just thinking outside of the box to address the viability of Donovan's request, which was to be able to specify our own epoch for whatever reason. He asked if he could find out how fast a pig can fly, and rather than tell him that pigs don't fly and move on, I am just exploring a solution given the parameters he specified. -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com ------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:41:58 -0500 John Peacock wrote: >Dan Strong wrote: > >>Sorry ahead of time if my thinking is malformed (this IS off the top of >>my head...), but intuitively, it seems to me that by knowing the date of >>the epoch ('standard' (UNIX, etc.), or your own) you could do anything >>you want... > >Please believe me when I say that the only epoch worth discussing is 1970-01-01T00:00:00. This >is the international UTC epoch (and oddly enough the Unix one as well). In order for a "number >of seconds since some epoch" to be useful, the "epoch" must be the same for all calculations. > This number will be consistent no matter what timezone you are in (which a floating epoch will >not be). > >If you want to use "number of seconds since some specific second" subtract the epoch from your >value to produce an offset. > >John > >-- >John Peacock >Director of Information Research and Technology >Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group >4501 Forbes Boulevard >Suite H >Lanham, MD 20706 >301-459-3366 x.5010 >fax 301-429-5748 > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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