[JDEV] Message timestamping and route tracking

[Benjamin Kahn]

	So?  Using a 64-bit number instead.  That really isn't a problem.
Most UNIXes will be switching to 64 bit anyway.

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Jon A. Cruz wrote:

> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 08:47:15 -0700
> From: Jon A. Cruz <joncruz at geocities.com>
> Reply-To: jdev at jabber.org
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Message timestamping and route tracking
> 
> Jeff wrote:
> 
> >         Forgive my foolishness, but couldn't we use something like they
> > use on IRC for ping times?  They use the number of seconds from Jan 1,
> > 1970 (or something, I am not sure whenthe date is) GMT to calculate dates
> > andn times.  This way, we don't have to deal with time zones or anything
> > like that.  Granted each instance of Jabber would have to know which time
> > zone it was in, or what the current time in Greenwich is, but I think this
> > a relativly small problem compared with all of the complication involved
> > withi the other methods discussed.
> >
> 
> Well, one problem is that number of seconds will wrap at the year 2035 or
> 2038 depending on your platform and use. But more than that, whether we send
> "number of seconds" or "date in text format" we are in effect sending the
> same information, and time zones still have to be dealt with. GTM in text
> format with optional time offset is probably best, as it keeps things both
> machine and human readable.
> 
> Just look at your message's headers for an example:
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:15:53 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> --
> "My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
> But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
> 
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						-Ben

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