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If all you want is "minute or two" accuracy, you don't need a hires timer. Just set the milliseconds portion of your string to '000'. You are still two orders of magnitude better accuracy than the spec calls for.
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Re^4: Epoch time in milliseconds: Is there a better way?
by logan (Curate) on Nov 25, 2008 at 20:34 UTC
    It's true, I don't actually need real accuracy for the script to work, but my feeling is that having an accurate timestamp can't hurt. Also, I may want/need to use the data at some point in the future so I might as well do it right the first time.

    -Logan
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