Re^2: Binary format of time


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Re^2: Binary format of time

by ccn (Vicar)

on May 26, 2009 at 07:49 UTC ( [id://766150]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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I suspect that time is stored in some ticks but is showed in seconds. Please see the update of original post. I am almost shure that those 8 bytes are time.

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Re^3: Binary format of time
by dHarry (Abbot) on May 26, 2009 at 09:34 UTC

Thinking 8 bytes and ticks you might want to try the following:

First four bytes (0-3)    |  Last four bytes (4-7)
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seconds since epoch,      |  additional micro-
e.g. 00:00 1st Jan 1970   |  seconds

Both four byte values are 32 bit integers.
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However, my first calculations give timestamps nowhere near the ones you provide. Maybe some CCSDS time format was used?

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