From 3e3cd66f482339be3b2eab942e00147c3e343434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Thierry Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:38:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update URL of "Long, Painful History of Time" Previous URL was not available anymore (404 error) Also rewrapped the paragraph to the same width as the others --- src/code/time.lisp | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/code/time.lisp b/src/code/time.lisp index 8cf2e00..4f9b546 100644 --- a/src/code/time.lisp +++ b/src/code/time.lisp @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ Includes both \"system\" and \"user\" time." ;;; number of seconds since 1970-01-01 ;;; I'm obliged to Erik Naggum's "Long, Painful History of Time" paper -;;; for the choice of epoch -;;; here. By starting the year in March, we avoid having to test the month -;;; whenever deciding whether to account for a leap day. 2000 is especially -;;; special, because it's disvisible by 400, hence the start of a 400 year -;;; leap year cycle +;;; for the choice of epoch here. +;;; By starting the year in March, we avoid having to test the month +;;; whenever deciding whether to account for a leap day. 2000 is +;;; especially special, because it's disvisible by 400, hence the +;;; start of a 400 year leap year cycle ;;; If a universal-time is after time_t runs out, we find its offset ;;; from 1st March of whichever year it falls in, then add that to -- 1.7.10.4