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From: gwinn@ma.ultranet.com (Joe Gwinn)
Subject: Re: Y2K Issues
Date: 1998/10/20
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In article <gwinn-1910981944080001@d133.dial-6.cmb.ma.ultra.net>,
gwinn@ma.ultranet.com (Joe Gwinn) wrote:

> The UNIX/POSIX time format consists of two unsigned 32-bit integers, one
> being the number of seconds since 00:00 UTC 21 January 1970 AD (the
> "Epoch", or timescale zero), the other being the number of decimal
> nanoseconds into the current second. (Ref: IEEE Std 1003.1-1996 chapter
> 14)

That should be 1 January 1970, not 21 January.  Sorry; I didn't notice
that I had fat-fingered the date.  Thanks to those who pointed this out.

Joe Gwinn