Re: timeStamp and DOMTimeStamp

On Mar 28, 2006, at 12:26 AM, Robin Berjon wrote:

>
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 22:35, Ian Hickson wrote:
>> I propose we define DOMTimeStamp in ECMAScript as being a Number  
>> giving
>> the number of milliseconds, excluding those in leap seconds, since
>> 1970-01-01T00:00:00.0Z.
>
> Apart from the fact that Safari uses this, do we have to stick to  
> the Unix epoch? I know it's classic and all, but I wouldn't expect  
> events to occur in the past, so that's 36 years' worth of  
> milliseconds gone to waste (over 10^12). Would there be a big issue  
> starting with, say, 2000-01-01T00:00:00.0Z (or even 2006)?

ECMAScript dates are in milliseconds from the epoch, so making this  
incompatible would make things a pain if you want to format the  
timestamp as a date. Also, the millisecond time range addressable by  
double is 285,616 years in each direction, I doubt 36 extra years  
will make a difference.

Regards,
Maciej