On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Bill Stoddard wrote: > > >> 3. 64-bit shifts to get approximate seconds > > >> (fast, but loss of accuracy) > > >> > > >> > > > > > >If you convert from microseconds to integer seconds (which is what httpd > > >requires), you loose -resolution- no matter how you do it. If > > the accuracy > > >you loose is smaller than the resolution, then what does it > > matter that you > > >loose some accuracy? > > > > > > > I think it's possible to see inaccuracies at the second level if > > we divide the current time_t by 2^20. If not, then this concern > > vanishes. > > > > Cliff demonstrates that there is significant loss of accuracy using just a > shift. I believe (faith? :-) that there is a simple solution to this. Don't > know what it is just now though...
I keep thinking that we know what the accuracy difference is, and we know how many seconds we have, so a simple 32-bit multiplication should be able to solve this problem. hmmmmmm....... Ryan _______________________________________________________________________________ Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 550 Jean St Oakland CA 94610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
