Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:50:08 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, imp@village.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice tcpslice.c Message-ID: <199901151350.IAA28669@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990115175308.P55525@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901150718.CAA19253@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <19990115175308.P55525@freebie.lemis.com>
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<<On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:53:08 +1030, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> said: [about using 68 as a century pivot]: >> Because UNIX time is seconds since Jan 1, 1970 ??? > Then it would be 69/70, not 68/69. I haven't seen any explanation of > this choice, but I'd expect that it covers more than UNIX. No. UNIX time is seconds since January 1, 1970, GMT. This means that some local times for December 31, 1969 are within the range of positive time_ts. Hence, a pivot of 68. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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