[H-GEN] time in C/C++

[Andrae Muys]

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On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Frank Brand wrote:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
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> My query is to asak what people think about the best way of getting the time
> between dates. Originally, I thought to use difftime() but I believe that this
> method can lead to errors under some circumstances.
> 

How are you storing the dates interanally?  If you're using time_t's then
a simple difference should be sufficient, otherwise my gut feeling is to
convert to time_t do the calculation and convert to days /3600.0 iirc.

Andrae

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