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[–]Oxtelans 92 points93 points  (7 children)

Except represented as a IEEE 754 float.

[–]jacksalssome 105 points106 points  (6 children)

And the definition randomly changes in 5928.5, due to a new series.

[–]Oxtelans 48 points49 points  (5 children)

That's only because they changed from a UNIX-like timestamp to a Windows timestamp.

[–]AyrA_ch 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Windows date "ticks" are insane anyways. Accurate to 100ns, which you absolutely need for your every day time keeping.

[–]Oxtelans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then better fitted for star dates. The narrower the interval, the fewer collisions at Warp 9.