Blxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down16 cross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialinformatica@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1996arrow-down1external-linkInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.comBlxter@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square56fedilink cross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialinformatica@feddit.ittechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squaretychosmoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up91·7 months agoBetter to represent it as a 64-bit unsigned fixed-point number, in seconds relative to 0000 UT on 1 January 1900. It’s how he would have wanted it.
minus-squaretychosmoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·7 months agoNo. 1970 is 0 in Unix time. The NTP RFC specifies 1900. I had to look it up!
minus-squarekelseybcool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months ago Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.
Better to represent it as a 64-bit unsigned fixed-point number, in seconds relative to 0000 UT on 1 January 1900. It’s how he would have wanted it.
Not 1970?
No. 1970 is 0 in Unix time. The NTP RFC specifies 1900. I had to look it up!
Epoch comeback!