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Re:Let’s Stop the Unix Time Insanity by kbar13 on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:44PM (#6837470)
I wouldn't assume anything, but it would be great if the blog post provided any kind of possible alternative. Right now it really just sounds like a misguided rant.
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Re:Let’s Stop the Unix Time Insanity by Udo on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:53PM (#6837500)
The idea is, instead of making the timestamp jump around (leading to both overlap and gaps), to make it a continuous linear counter. What's misguided about it?

I realize we've been stuck with the Unix timestamp for so long it's become somewhat impossible for many to acknowledge the points where it breaks.

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