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Update documentation on UtilServerTs().

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Jordan Bancino 2023-08-17 18:09:20 +00:00
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* and time_t, and converts it to a single number, which is then
* returned to the caller.
* .Pp
* A note on the 2038 problem: as long as sizeof(long) >= 8, that is,
* as long as the long data type is 64 bits or more, then everything
* should be fine. On most, if not, all, 64-bit systems, long is 64
* bits. I would expect Cytoplasm to break for 32 bit systems
* eventually, but we should have a ways to go before that happens.
* I didn't want to try to hack together some system to store larger
* numbers than the architecture supports. But we can always
* re-evaluate over the next few years.
* A note on the 2038 problem: as long as sizeof(time_t) >= 8, that is,
* as long as the time_t type is 64 bits or more, then everything
* should be fine. On most, if not, all, 64-bit systems, time_t is 64
* bits. time_t is promoted to a 64-bit integer before it is converted
* to milliseconds, so there is no risk of overflue due to the
* multiplication by 1000. However, if time_t is only 32 bits, it will
* overflow before it even gets to this function, which will cause this
* function to produce unexpected results.
*/
extern UInt64 UtilServerTs(void);