Re: [Quickfix-developers] Miliseconds in UTC Time

[Caleb E. <ca...@bk...>]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 03:34:25PM -0400, Daniel May wrote:

> I am aware that the millisecond field is absent in most time
> routines.  I was going to start by changing UtcTimeStamp to use the
> timeb struct struct timeb { time_t time; // Time in seconds since
> midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, (UTC).  unsigned short
> millitm; // Fraction of a second in milliseconds.  short timezone;
> // Difference in minutes, moving westward, between UTC and local
> time short dstflag; // Nonzero if daylight savings time is currently
> in effect for the local zone.  };

	The only problem with switching to something time_t-based like
	struct timeb is that what you gain in resolution you lose in
	domain.  You will no longer be able to represent any dat past
	(mumble) 2037.

	This is not such a big deal for single stock day orders but
	may addle anyone using QuickFix to handle any long-dated
	securities (e.g. some bonds).

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