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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Time_Span divide question
Date: 1997/05/16
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In article <337BD41B.2FE1@mail.us.net>,
Mark D. McKinney <mckmark@mail.us.net> wrote:
>>  D1 := 0.495;
>>  D2 := 0.500;

>To_Time_Span(D1) = Integer(D1) = 0
>To_Time_Span(D2) = Integer(D2) = 1

No, that's not right.  Time_Span is an integer count of Time_Span_Units,
which is less than or equal to 20 microseconds.  E.g. if Time_Span_Unit
= 0.000_010, then To_Time_Span(D2) will be approx 50_000
Time_Span_Units, which is half a second.

- Bob