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-=> Quoting Paul Walker to Jussi Hamalainen <=-
JH> Why can't this be done by simply using a single integer UNIX
JH> style timestamp?
PW> Because then it wouldn't be a type-2 packet
True. Why do we have to stick to old standards anyway?
PW> Besides, don't forget Unix's own "Y2K" comes in 2038 sometime. ;-)
That is easy to fix. We just change the time_t type from a 32bit
unsigned integer to a 64bit unsigned integer and recompile the
software. That's all there is to it. :)
-=[ Count Zero / TBH - Jussi Hamalainen - email count{at}theblah.org ]=-
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