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To   : Scott Street
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Jun 07 2026 09:07 pm

Hey Scott!

> it really is: (unix time 32b)6a2458e9  (msg CRC32)f2b1d9e9

Ah!  I was thinking the last 8 characters were strftime's %N output, which for 
all time is restricted to 000000000-3b9ac9ff, which puts f2b1d9e9 way out of 
range.  I should have checked more closely before guessing nanoseconds.

> I've got to rethink the MSGID generation.

I am sticking with unixtime.  However in my case I don't restrict to 8 
characters so in 2106 it will automagically tack on an extra hex charater 
(nibble) which will be good until "Sun Aug 20 07:32:15 UTC 4147" before it 
tacks on another nibble bringing the total to 10 hex characters.  I am not 
married to the nanosecond part but it does make an excellent method to ensure 
uniqueness for all time.

> I'm on the fence about making the storage pointers 64b

Agreed.  I prefer the method that doesn't limit the output to 8 and use 
unixtime.  Only have to wait until "Sun Feb  7 06:28:16 UTC 2106" before it 
switches to 9 characters (36b).  I can hardly wait.  ;-)

Life is good, 
Maurice

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