> > This makes me wonder: what is so wrong with an epoch ? > > It's mostly invisible to most interfaces, > > and only used internally. > > If they were really that invisible, I wouldn't be complaining, 'cause I > wouldn't have noticed the change! Really they _do_ show up, and they're > an ugly wart. I would like to know where it would show up, because that would probably want fixing. regards, junichi