The time APIs that I am familiar with represent time as an interval based on a fixed implicit epoch. To reset a clock that is wrong, its couner value must be set to the correct value. This implies that the system's real time clock and interval timer must be separate, so that processes depending on correct relative time continue to work across RTC resets.
Are there any APIs which have an explicit variable epoch, and which reset the clock by adjusting its epoch instead of its counter? This would eliminate the need for seperate interval and real-time clocks. (This post only considers abnormal resets of a grossly incorrect clock, and ignores corrections based on adjusting the clock's frequency.) Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH: SOUTHWEST VEERING WEST OR NORTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9, LATER DECREASING 5 OR 6. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN. MODERATE OR GOOD.
