What is the difference between bintime() and nanotime() (FreeBSD)?

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Axelertortt2015-07-13 14:21:52

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Axelertortt, 2015-07-13 14:21:52

Can anyone explain what is the difference between nanotime(9) and bintime(9) if the return value of bintime(struct bintime) can be converted (bintime2timespec) to nanotime(timespec)? Thanks for the answer.

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athacker, 2015-07-13
@Axelertortt

bin result in struct bintime containing seconds and 64-bit fractions of seconds.
nano result in struct timespec containing seconds and nanoseconds
So it looks like it can be converted, but with loss of precision.