From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 27 18: 1:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand.global.net.uk (sand.global.net.uk [195.147.248.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E7314D47 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:01:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p89s12a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.220.138] helo=marder-1.) by sand.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11KWqq-0008EV-00; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 02:00:12 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id BAA00333; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:52:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:52:49 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's a microsecond? Message-ID: <19990828015249.B291@marder-1> References: <9938.935798495@monkeys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <9938.935798495@monkeys.com>; from Ronald F. Guilmette on Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 05:01:35PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message