Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de>:
> Gary E. Miller writes:
> > Or, just go with the flow and use the epoch in a timepec like
> > structure:
> >
> > ntp_time_t {
> > int epoch;
> > uint32 seconds;
> > uint32 faction;
> > }
> >
> > That would stop all that shifting back and forth.
>
> Oh please, no. Consider using a 128bit integer type when the time comes
> around, but not such an abomination. Specifically not that useless
> mucking about with integral and fractional seconds. You report the
> time in integral units of 2^-32 seconds, period.
Achim is right. This is exactly the both I had to *remove*.
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