> Why don't we start thinking about dates in terms of scientific notation?
> In
> other words, we don't need to keep track of ranges of time longer than our
> current precision, but when we set an arbitrary starting point, and use a
> number system that doesn't include an exponent, eventually it has to fail.
> Why not use a mantissa and exponent for the year or over all date?
>
> Then you can represent dates +/- the precision of the mantissa centered on
> the year with exponent.
>
> --
> James.

What happens if you increment a floating point number once the number is
high enough so the the lsb is 2 (instead of 1 or some fraction)? Does time
stop?

Harold


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