>>>>> "RA" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RA> Is Perl currently using different epochs on different platforms? If so, I
RA> can definitely see the wisdom in doing something about *that* and
RA> off-loading the system-local time processing into modules (although I can
RA> also see the wisdom in leaving well enough alone). But why not go with
RA> the most commonly used and most widely analyzed epoch?
Folks, the only problem that everyone seems to be arguing about is
what the EPOCH is. Who cares what the epoch is?
Create $Perl::Time{EPOCH} and be done with it.
As long as I can add and subtract a reasonable range of time values and
get a reasonable result I'm happy.
There should be no assumption that 0 is the epoch. It might well be
that some other arbitrary number is the limit of valid time. So unless
perl is going to distribute portable time and date calcuations, as
part of the core, we will have to live with whatever the system
libraries give us.
(I don't want to think about Leap Seconds just yet.)
<chaim>
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