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How will we know which way to decode time data, then? You can't use timestamps, and adding an extra signing bit defeats the purpose.
by smoldesu 4y ago
How will we know which way to decode time data, then? You can't use timestamps, and adding an extra signing bit defeats the purpose.
- touchpadder 4y agoBy assuming which epoch it is and it will be clearly a separate data type from the old unix epoch. Currently the assumption is the epoch which started in 1970. 50 years is long enough period of time to keep a standard and 18 years is long enough to switch to a new standard. With the updated standard it is simply epoch 2 now that is ignorant about any epochs before or after.