Re: RFC 99 (v3) Standardize ALL Perl platforms on UNIX epoch

[Chris Nandor]

At 14:30 -0400 2000.09.13, Andy Dougherty wrote:
>2.  (RFC 99 way):  If you store the time from within a perl program and
>then read it with a C program on the SAME OS, then you might have a
>problem.

That is what Time::Epoch should address, I hope.

If we standardize on the Unix epoch (although possibly with 64 bits), this
won't be an issue for the overwhelming majority of users.


>In my humble opinion, I think perl's time() ought to just call the C
>library's time() function and not waste time mucking with the return
>value.

I am not opposed to this.  If we stick with it, then I will make
Time::Epoch convert between Mac OS and Unix time, and any other epoch we
deem necessary.

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