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List:       linux-ha-dev
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ha-dev] Re: Compile time fixes (signed vs unsigned)
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () unix ! sh>
Date:       2003-01-29 16:17:00
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Soffen, Matthew wrote:
> Where we use time_t in anyway / shape / form, shouldn't it be the longtime_t
> anyways ?


time_t (TIME_T) is used when we want to print out the time of day in 
human-readable form.  TIME_T will jump around when the admin changes the 
time of day on a machine.

longclock_t is used for any time we want to measure intervals of time. 
longclock_t is not supposed to jump around as the time of day clock is changed.

There is no obvious way to convert from one unit to the other.




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     Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh>

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