System time (was Re: Class project and question)

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From: Ed McGuire,1410 EB,,
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 17:09

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>From article <70...@shlump.nac.dec.com>, by bu...@slab.enet.dec.com (Ben Burch):

> On VMS, eight bytes are used and contain the "clunks", ie 10 ms intervals
> since the base time.

And did you know that VMS system administrators have to specify certain
time-related system parameters in units of `micro-fortnights'?  :-)

peace.  -- Ed

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