From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: What do I use if not `float-time'? Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:15:11 +0100 Message-ID: <7b501d5c1001060715j6a9bf132y93d6c55d5af4c511@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262790973 23971 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2010 15:16:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:16:13 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs-Devel devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 06 16:16:06 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NSXcD-0006Wi-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:16:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35519 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSXcE-0004eQ-2y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:16:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSXbi-0004OX-DB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:15:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NSXbh-0004Nd-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:15:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34476 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NSXbg-0004NW-Qp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:15:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.146]:60237) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NSXbg-0002zj-9w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:15:32 -0500 Original-Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so2475769eyg.34 for ; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:15:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=V3R0SKOnayep/WFnR3B9bGLd0cCjXTTx+P2+tGXG698=; b=Z64vQIG8lFWzrzwgV5dbX4QLPY37Th+IrBaNhlsPLGZL8cTZQAwq/HOU9YBogFirtJ E6r6Lg84Wz6HDcIYAyMmxBI6i/HdYmuxbF6FEcmYRyoLqXJOzWfVB6K++1zHyhXcMj6K dYlX+P6s4j2cn4ukicgNBMjxjq23GtPw6ZTss= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=CdFjv+gVEAOW7vigLu5gCGAM4ihZEIhgQ69OV2esjdq9qCJXCLxo0Ec/P4Re1zVQ8o JQSbeFDyU6BICvifnMimgYgM063ino2w2gzWe3Ke1gnUcGxnEqbMGvdFkPqBmKGwhIS4 IIbOOk/GSc8hRD49DJClW2g5ITHY2XvlyL170= Original-Received: by 10.213.23.89 with SMTP id q25mr718555ebb.65.1262790931136; Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:15:31 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119528 Archived-At: In the documentation for `float-time' in "(elisp) Time of Day" I read the following: "_Warning_: Since the result is floating point, it may not be exact. Do not use this function if precise time stamps are required." Okay, so what do I use instead? I just want a "UNIX timestamp" as an integer or string. What's the idiomatic way to get that? -- Deniz Dogan