Re: Unix notion of "Seconds since the Epoch"

2003-01-30 Thread John Cowan
Markus Kuhn scripsit: > It also provides the formula that defines the encoding of UTC into that > integer, leaving no doubt about the exact semantics. I agree that this is clear, and I continue to believe that it is a regrettable and unjustified change from existing older practice, not a mere cla

Re: Unix notion of "Seconds since the Epoch"

2003-01-30 Thread Markus Kuhn
John Cowan wrote on 2003-01-30 16:35 UTC: > Markus Kuhn scripsit: > > > As I noted earlier, de facto and "de jure" (meaning POSIX.1:1996, > > section 2.2.2.113), any real world Unix file system (and that's where > > the term "seconds since the epoch" comes from in this context) uses a > > timestamp