Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:52:49 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's a microsecond? Message-ID: <19990828015249.B291@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <9938.935798495@monkeys.com>; from Ronald F. Guilmette on Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:01:35PM -0700 References: <9938.935798495@monkeys.com>
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On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:01:35PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>
> OK, so maybe this is dumb question, but I need to know.
>
> The documentation for gettimeofday(2) says:
>
> struct timeval {
> long tv_sec; /* seconds since Jan. 1, 1970 */
> long tv_usec; /* and microseconds */
> };
>
> Is that "microsecond" as in 1/1,000,000 seconds? Or is that "microsecond"
> as in 1/2^20 seconds?
>
10^-6. Time is a universal measurement not computer-specific. It is
only in the computer world that base 2 is a standard unit.
> There _is_ a slight but significant difference.
>
>
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