And Rev's "the milliseconds" returns the total number of milliseconds since the "start of the eon" -- which is midnight GMT, January 1, 1970. Ticks is the same, but returns 1/60th of a second. I don't think we have a way of accessing nanoseconds (billionth of a second).
"Mark Wieder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bill- > > Thursday, November 30, 2006, 1:18:01 PM, you wrote: > > I love this comment from the rfc: > > /* NT keeps time in FILETIME format which is 100ns ticks since > Jan 1, 1601. UUIDs use time in 100ns ticks since Oct 15, 1582. > The difference is 17 Days in Oct + 30 (Nov) + 31 (Dec) > + 18 years and 5 leap days. */ > > Gotta love those Microsoft "standards", dontcha? _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution