> > edsDaysLen1 = 150, // seconds since January 1, 1970
> > edsDaysLen2, edsDaysLen3, edsDaysLen4,
>
> Max four bytes for time_t? It must be up to 8 because
> sizeof(time_t) == 8 on 64bits platforms.
> Do you propose to abandon ISC_DATE?
> Dates before 1970 seem to be in troubles in this encoding...

And how about a higher precision for milliseconds?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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