Date Math

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Simon--er, no...it was Kenneth Brody--said:
> > Now, what's the part of the reality that I'm being blind to?  It's gotta
> > be dead simple, but I'm not getting it.
> 
> Is it time for your Homer Simpson impersonation?  :-)

DOH!

Yes, I get it now.  Had to see it spelled out.  Thanks.  :)

> Well, you can always get the time of day by storing @TM in a numeric
> field.  (And then multiply by 3600 to get it in seconds.)

Hmmmm...that could be usable.  Actually, I suppose just a datestamp,
timestamp, and PID are good in any format, so long as they can never be
repeated.  Date and time aren't the same as I'm used to, but they're still
going to be a valid combination half, and 5.6 added PID() if I heard
correctly, so it should be good.  It was always PID that was missing
internally.  Now I just have to wait for that massive adoption of 5.6 to
take place to be able to rely on it.  *wry smile*

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