Re: bohe and delta experimentation...

[Amos Jeffries <[e-mail]>]

On 17/01/2013 12:35 p.m., Nico Williams wrote:
>>> WRT years up to 9999 -- yes. The method I used consumes an extra byte after 2106... and then another in 4147. However, just one more byte buys up to 36812!
> If we use seconds since epoch, set a new epoch, use a variable length
> integer encoding for seconds since epoch, we get to 32 bits for a few
> decades.  Four bytes.
>
> If we use Julian days, set a new epoch, use a variable length integer
> encoding for julian day then we can get down to 13-14 bits to start.
> Add 12 bits for seconds, or multiply days by 3600 and add seconds and
> we're under 32 bits -- almost as low as 24, but still 4 bytes.  Can't
> get much better.
>

Noting that the Julian calendar was deprecated around 400 years ago. We 
are on Greogrian calendar these days.

Amos