Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Danny Mayer wrote: > >> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> >>> See RFC-1305 page 50. In the description of the packet format the four >>> timestamps are all shown as 64 bits. AFAIK 32 and 128 bit timestamps >>> are a figment of someone's imagination. >>> >> >> >> No, they are defined. You can find them in Das Buch and I believe the >> latest version of the NTP protocol in draft for the IETF WG. >> >> Danny >> _______________________________________________ >> questions mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions >> > > They have not been implemented, have they? They are not yet part of a > standard are they? > > Wherever someone may have speculated about them, I think that, until > they become part of an adopted standard and/or are implemented, it is > fair to call them a figment of someone's imagination! > > I believe that we run out of bits in about thirty years. It's clear > that we will need more. The need for a 32-bit timestamp is less than > clear! >
Well VMS always used 64 bits for time. Windows has now added a 64 bit version of time_t and introduced 64-bit time functions. I don't think that the *BSD's will be far behind. Dunno about Linux or Solaris. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
