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It's not just time zones and leap seconds. SI seconds on Earth are slower because of relativity, so there are time standards for space stuff (TCB, TGC) that use faster SI seconds than UTC/Unix time. T2 - T1 = [God doesn't know and the Devil isn't telling.]

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

64 bits is already enough not to overflow for 292 billion years. That’s 21 times longer than the estimated age of the universe.