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Re: [Fwd: Re: [Demexp-dev] Which timestamp at each modification?]
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Re: [Fwd: Re: [Demexp-dev] Which timestamp at each modification?] |
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Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:47:22 +0200 |
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David MENTRE a écrit :
> luna <address@hidden> writes:
> OCaml time returns the current time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, in
> seconds. I suppose GMT equals UTC.
Yes. Indeed no, but GMT stands generally for UTC.
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> What does TAI means?
Temps Atomique International defined from BIPM [1]
This link [2] describe well the difference between Epoch, UTC and TAI.
But the difference is perhaps not relevant for demexp.
It's easier to rely on UNIX sub-system.
[1] <http://www.bipm.org/en/practical_info/time_server.html>
[2] <http://cr.yp.to/proto/utctai.html>