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Unix time (seconds since 1 Jan 1970) is convenient for many people,
but lacks resolution for our purposes. A double precision value
representing milliseconds from an arbitrary offset would probably
work for us, but we like the unambiguous storage/retrieval of
milliseconds without any modification.
The addition of a 64 bit integer would help in storage, but since
not all systems can deal with them, this would be awkward.
I suggested a generalized vector data type with specifiable bases.
Each "digit" (LONG) would hold values corresponding to its base.
This would allow storage of base 60 quantities like seconds or minutes
as well as base 24*3600*1000 quantities like milliseconds of a day.
This idea was found to impose too much overhead on compliant applications.
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