> > > I'm thinking about, for example, stock trading where the first bid wins. > Sub-second resolution is needed there, I think.
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) is what is used in some big brokerage firms. http://jira.amqp.org/confluence/display/AMQP/Advanced+Message+Queuing+Protocol Specs are here: http://jira.amqp.org/confluence/display/AMQP/Download The datetime type encodes a date and time using the 64 bit POSIX time_t format. Also http://cr.yp.to/time.html maybe of interest to Time Nuts. -- http://www.wearablesmartsensors.com/ http://www.softwaresafety.net/ http://www.designer-iii.com/ http://www.unusualresearch.com/ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.