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In message <20051227.144928.82232329.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:
>In message: <47758.1135718178@critter.freebsd.dk>
>            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
>: Imagine if the epoch for 64 bit time_t was set to coincide with Julian
>: Day zero using the rather naiive POSIX math:
>: 	N [days] * 86400 [seconds/day]
>: Converting from an old time_t to the new one would entail adding an
>: constant offset, no big deal.
>
>I'd rather see it as Modified Julian Day, since the MJD has an epoch
>that starts at midnight, while JD starts at noon.

Works for me as well.

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