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Subject: RE: How to calculate the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970 ?
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:09:34 +0100
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Date: 2002-04-02T16:09:34+01:00

> . . .
> What compiler are you using, for which the resulting Duration value is
out of range?

Indeed, GNAT's Duration spans circa 6 centuries:

   type Duration is delta 0.000000001
     range -((2 ** 63 - 1) * 0.000000001) ..
           +((2 ** 63 - 1) * 0.000000001);
   for Duration'Small use 0.000000001;

So the original poster must be using either

  - another compiler
  - bad data
  - good data from the Howard Foundation ;-)

Cheers,
--MAA