>>> Time formats:
>>> It seems to me that expressing the time constants in /proc would
>>> be as simple as:
>>> <seconds>.<microseconds>
>> Yes. Some of the stuff already does this (not microseconds, but
>> look at "uptime" for example.
> Noted, however this is only accurate to 1/100th of a second. I
> would rather be timeval compliant, as things like TCP timestamps
> and such utilize this. If we change the format, we should make
> everything compliant, even uptime.
Why not be sensible and specify times as decimal seconds, using as
many decimal places as are relevant?
Certainly, if I saw a time specified as 4.6 then I'd assume 4,600ms
rather than 4,006ms as appears to be proposed...
Best wishes from Riley.
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