Danny Mayer wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>
>> NTP could do worse than to adopt the VMS 64 bit time format.  IIRC it
>> was a count of 100 nanosecond "ticks" since some date in (I think)
>> November 1857.
>
> 18 November, 1857 to be exact! See, I still remember!

I often wondered why that base was chosen - something to do with the 
Smithsonian?

David 


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