High-Precision Date/time in C
Posted3 months agoActive3 months ago
antonz.orgTechstory
calmpositive
Debate
0/100
C ProgrammingDate and Time HandlingHigh-Precision Timing
Key topics
C Programming
Date and Time Handling
High-Precision Timing
The post shares a C library for high-precision date and time handling, with the discussion focusing on its implementation and potential applications.
Snapshot generated from the HN discussion
Discussion Activity
Light discussionFirst comment
52m
Peak period
1
0-1h
Avg / period
1
Key moments
- 01Story posted
Oct 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM EDT
3 months ago
Step 01 - 02First comment
Oct 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM EDT
52m after posting
Step 02 - 03Peak activity
1 comments in 0-1h
Hottest window of the conversation
Step 03 - 04Latest activity
Oct 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM EDT
3 months ago
Step 04
Generating AI Summary...
Analyzing up to 500 comments to identify key contributors and discussion patterns
ID: 45617096Type: storyLast synced: 11/17/2025, 10:10:31 AM
Want the full context?
Jump to the original sources
Read the primary article or dive into the live Hacker News thread when you're ready.
I expect something diffferent, but isn't this just timespec_t[0] with different epoch? It's been in in POSIX since 2001.
The upside of timespec_t is it uses regular Unix epoch for seconds time, so thre is no need for things like "time_get_year", you use regular time_t APIs for that.
[0] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/timespec.3type.html