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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 21:52:56 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64 bit times revisited..
Message-ID:  <20011026215256.A2283@coffee.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110270109.f9R19uv06023@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:09:56PM -0700
References:  <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> <200110270109.f9R19uv06023@mass.dis.org>

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Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> I'll say it again, then.
> 
> These programs should *not* be trying to use these functions.  These functions
> are meant for manipulating time_t, which is a representation of "now".

C99 defines clock_t and time_t as "arithmetic types capable of
representing times".  I can't find any reference in POSIX or C99 that
time_t or its associated functions only deal with time as "now".
Could you please reference the source of this information.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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