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Hunh? January 1, 1970 + 9.007199254740992e15 nanoseconds gets you all the way to... tax day[1]. Microseconds gets you to the year 2255; milliseconds to heat d
by 3JPLW 6y ago
Hunh? January 1, 1970 + 9.007199254740992e15 nanoseconds gets you all the way to... tax day[1].
Microseconds gets you to the year 2255; milliseconds to heat death.
1. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=January+1%2C+1970+%2B+9.007199254740992e15+nanoseconds https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=January+1%2C+1970+%2B+...
- pavon 6y agoQwibble: Microseconds gets you to the year 2540 with double precision, because the implied 1-bit means you effectively have 54-bit mantissa.