On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:57:33 -0700 (MST), "M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>In message: <[email protected]> > "Robert Darlington" <[email protected]> writes: >: Okay, not very fun. I was hoping to see ...58,59,60,00. Instead my >: system ticked :59 twice. Here's the output of my not so very >: scientific logs (up arrow, enter, over and over): > >That's the correct output. It isn't possible to tick 60 with a POSIX >time_t, so second 59 is replayed so that we don't cross a day >boundary. > >Warner > I wonder how application software handled that. Say, a transaction processing machine handling a few thousand transactions a second where the time stamp matters. What did the high res timer do? I'm thinking about, for example, stock trading where the first bid wins. Sub-second resolution is needed there, I think. I wonder if this was a mini-Y2K and folks haven't realized it yet? John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
