Re: RFC 99 (v1) Maintain internal time in Modified Julian (not epoch)

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

> Is Perl currently using different epochs on different platforms?  If so, I

Yes.  MacOS and VMS.  (Though VMS' localtime() uses the UNIX definition,
just to be portable.)  MacOS' epoch zero is 1900 (or was it 1901?),
VMS' epoch zero is 17-NOV-1858 00:00:00.00, for some astronomical
reason IIRC.

> can definitely see the wisdom in doing something about *that* and
> off-loading the system-local time processing into modules (although I can
> also see the wisdom in leaving well enough alone).  But why not go with
> the most commonly used and most widely analyzed epoch?

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