Oct. 6, 1998
11:25 a.m.
Markus Kuhn writes:
If you are *really* interested in the number of SI seconds between two UTC timestamps (very few applications will really need this,
Ever heard of TCP/IP? How about UNIX? How about system logs? Timestamps in logs aren't just for clock displays; they're also used for profiling and accounting. Time differences are crucial. Why do you refuse to admit that clocks are used this way?
and those usually will better use TIME_MONOTONIC instead of UTC
Do you expect people to record two clocks in their logs? A single TAI clock is better for everybody. ---Dan 1000 recipients, 28.8 modem, 10 seconds. http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail/mini.html