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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2012-02-11 16:28:13 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2012-02-11 16:28:13 +0000
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update doc.
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* with each other -- times that are apparently equal when displayed may be
* different when compared.
*
+ * Current implemetation uses a signed 63 bit integer, Bignum or Rational.
+ * The integer is a number of nanoseconds since the _Epoch_ which can
+ * represent 1823-11-12 to 2116-02-20.
+ * When Bignum or Rational is used (before 1823, after 2116, under nanosecond),
+ * Time works slower than the integer is used.
+ *
* = Examples
*
* All of these examples were done using the EST timezone which is GMT-5.