Quoting Chris Calabrese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at
11:05:48AM -0400:
> seconds-since-the-epoch-in-ascii.fraction
>
> * Resolution - variable
> * Bandwidth - under 12 bytes (including stop byte) to do second resolution in
> the foreseeable future, more to do higher resolution
We definitely do not want to create a protocoll now that will die horribily in
2038, so it is getting a bit huge.
> * Ease of processing off the wire - no processing needed
If you use DB facilities, they will work better on real dates than on thsis
UNIXism.
cheers
afx
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