Re: RFC 99 (v1) Maintain internal time in Modified Julian (not epoch)

[Nathan Wiger]

Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> 
> > Is Perl currently using different epochs on different platforms?  If so, I
> 
> Yes.  MacOS and VMS.  (Though VMS' localtime() uses the UNIX definition,
> just to be portable.)  MacOS' epoch zero is 1900 (or was it 1901?),
> VMS' epoch zero is 17-NOV-1858 00:00:00.00, for some astronomical
> reason IIRC.

This is the real point I'm trying to address. Nothing else. :-)

There seems to be a groundswell against this idea, which is fine by me
(heck, just because it's my idea doesn't me it's a GOOD one!).

Here's a different proposal, same vein: "Standardize all Perl platforms
on the UNIX epoch".

Sound better?

-Nate