On 9-12-2011 14:02, Marco van de Voort wrote:
In our previous episode, Jonas Maebe said:
I know nothing about OS/2-eCS, but the same arguments as for Go32V2
apply as far as I am concerned. If all these platforms can guarantee
returning correct UTC time, I do not see why we would not introduce
it.
Afaik the original point was that some people were interested in some
kind of timestamp that does not jump around (except possibly when
overflowing). I don't think anyone particularly needed "the time in
UTC". Therefore, something like FPGetTickCount seems much more
appropriate than NowUTC, and it also solves the problem that some
targets may not support returning the time in UTC.
Agree fully.
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Except that it rules out writing standardscompliant internet applications?
If the network stack isn't in userland, there
is no point in putting NowUTC or whatever in userland.
Bout where are the network stacks in these legacy OS's?
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