[PATCH v2 10/10] Revise the documentation of simple calendar time.

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Fri Aug 30 19:17:00 GMT 2019


>> This function uses a clock close to the clocks of @w{@samp{clock_gettime
>> (CLOCK_REALTIME)}} and of @code{gettimeofday} (see below), but the three clocks
>> are not necessarily in lock-step, and precise timestamp comparison is reliable
>> only when timestamps come from the same clock.

> I think it's good to add a cautionary note *like  this, but I'm
> worried that your suggested text might confuse readers into thinking
> that these clocks might use different epochs or could be set
> independently.  I'll think about how to put it better.

Yes, the wording "close to" was my attempt to prevent that conclusion. 
The wording could be expanded -- though when I tried to expand it 
myself, I found that the expansion was not clearer enough to be worth 
the extra words.



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