Re: Microseconds rollover?

[Charles Yeomans <charles at declareSub dot com>]

On Aug 31, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Phil M wrote:

> 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.
 A correction -- it isn't rollover that will happen, but you'll lose  
precision.
Charles Yeomans
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