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Date:      Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:01:01 +0100
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        trhodes@freebsd.org, scottl@samsco.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, fullermd@over-yonder.net, linimon@lonesome.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys _timeval.h src/sys/fs/procfs procfs_status.c src/libexec/bootpd bootpd.c src/sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdSynch.c src/sys/dev/firewire sbp.c 
Message-ID:  <47909.1135720861@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:49:28 MST." <20051227.144928.82232329.imp@bsdimp.com> 

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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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