--- libev/ev.pod 2009/04/16 07:56:05 1.236 +++ libev/ev.pod 2009/04/16 07:58:03 1.237 @@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ =head2 TIME REPRESENTATION -Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing the -(fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (somewhere near -the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This type is -called C, which is what you should use too. It usually aliases -to the C type in C, and when you need to do any calculations on -it, you should treat it as some floating point value. Unlike the name +Libev represents time as a single floating point number, representing +the (fractional) number of seconds since the (POSIX) epoch (somewhere +near the beginning of 1970, details are complicated, don't ask). This +type is called C, which is what you should use too. It usually +aliases to the C type in C. When you need to do any calculations +on it, you should treat it as some floating point value. Unlike the name component C might indicate, it is also used for time differences throughout libev.