SMF records are various. In particular, they confront very different temporal granularities. For some the resolution of an STCKE value is appropriate; for others the millisecond is the appropriate unit
A standard header is innocuous, but standardizing their substantive timestamp formats would be inappropriate. Delusive exactitude is an old problem. The quotation is now hackneyed, but Emerson disposed of such issues long ago: . . . a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
