Re: ctime
Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:26:57 +0100 (MET)
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> > On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> >
> > > msdos_fs.h: __u8 ctime_ms; /* Creation time, milliseconds */
> > > msdos_fs.h: __u16 ctime; /* Creation time */
> > >
> > > (how does one fit milliseconds in a __u8 variable?)
> >
> > I think the granularity is actually 10ms, only the name is misleading.
>
> I think it's just a place-holder for a 0. MS-DOS times are in two-second
> intervals. You will never see a MS-DOS time showing odd seconds.
> That information is good for a bet at a bar.
OpenDOS uses both even and odd seconds however...
What about PC-DOS (the third strain of DOSes) ??
Rik.
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