What is "seconds with milliseconds resolution"

[Mark McDonnell]

Thanks Santiago, that actually makes perfect sense.

Think I just needed the words read back to me in a different order or
something lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Santiago Vila <sanvila at unex.es> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:19:43AM +0100, Mark McDonnell wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure I really understand the `msec` embedded variable.
> >
> > I'm getting the value back as `1474452771.178`
>
> That would be the number of seconds since the "epoch" (1970-01-01 00:00
> UTC),
> similar to "date +%s" but more accurate.
>
> > It's described as "seconds with milliseconds resolution", but I'm not
> sure
> > what that really means (maths isn't a strong skill for me).
>
> It just means the number is a number of seconds (i.e. the second is
> the unit of measure), and you can expect the number to have three
> decimal places after the point.
>
> > How do I convert the number into seconds?
>
> The number is already in seconds :-)
>
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