Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:44:32 +0000 | From | José Luis Domingo López <> | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? |
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On Wednesday, 06 June 2001, at 18:06:56 +0200, Chris Boot wrote:
> Hi, > > > Please, don't. > > > > Use kelvins *0.1, and use them consistently everywhere. This is what > > ACPI does, and it is probably right. > > I'm sorry, by I don't feel like adding 273 to every number I get just to > find the temperature of something. What I would do is give configuration > What about keeping times with format similar to "06 June 2001, at 18:06:56 +0200" instead of using miliseconds from 01 Jan 1970 ? ;)
If there is a universally-accepted measure for temperatures, we should use it, and let user space applications make the conversions for us.
Just my 0.02 (eurocents :)
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