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Re: Microseconds rollover?

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Subject: Re: Microseconds rollover?
From: Phil M <phil at mobleybros dot com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:08:58 -0700
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On Aug 31, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Charles Yeomans wrote:

The largest integer value that a double without approximation can hold is something like 10^15, so I guess you'd expect overflow every 10^9 seconds or so - about every 31 years. Probably you should test to be sure.

Wow. Then I guess I don't have to worry about rollover with Microseconds. =)

Thanks.



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