jerry gay jerrygaygmailcom thu aug 7 2008 1240 pm ron blaschke wrote jonathan worthington wrote hi ive looking time op returns somewhat platform specific win32 number seconds since january 1 1601 remember correctly parts windows use 100ns ticks since 1601 represent time sure computers common use 17th century though codepaths appears number seconds since january 1 1970 im thinking correct win32 version others consistency keep platform specific make code cares check os work dont like option much since meant abstracting os away opinions 1 using seconds since 1970 adjust guys agree definitely need datetime pmcs common epoch across platforms deal 2038 particular leverage schwerns work perl address 2038 bug jerry thu 07 aug 2008 133429 0700 time op inconsistent win32