David J Taylor wrote:
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
Something to do with the Smithsonian and an astronomer's star catalog.
One suspects that these various base dates were chosen by rolling dice,
flipping coins, or picking them out of a hat. They all work. More or less!
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