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class=919192716-20082008>For interoperability sake, just like we have agreed to
an "Unsegmented" CCSDS format, I suggest that we also agree to all use the 1958
epoch as our basis, and 4 bytes of course time (since you need that many bytes
to properly contain the number of seconds since Jan 1,
1958).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=919192716-20082008>By the way, if you are working with the Jan 1, 1970
epoch in Unix just add 378691200 and you will have the number of seconds
since Jan 1, 1958. Correct me if I am wrong.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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