Re: [IPFIX] WGLC for draft-ietf-ipfix-protocol-rfc5101bis-03

Andrew,

>>> 6.1.9  dateTimeMicroseconds
>>>
>>>     The data type dateTimeMicroseconds is a 64-bit field encoded
>>>     according to the NTP Timestamp format as defined in section 6 of
>>>     [RFC5905]. This field is made up of two unsigned 32-bit integers in
>>>     network byte order, Seconds and Fraction. The Seconds field is the
>>>     number of seconds since the NTP epoch, 1 January 1900 at 00:00 UTC.
>>>     The Fraction field is the fractional number of seconds in units of
>>>     1/(2^32) seconds (approximately 233 picoseconds). It can represent
>>>     dates beginning between 1 January 1900 and 8 February 2036.
>>
>> Since we're already over 80% through that range, it seems worth 
>> moving the epoch to 1/1/2000.
>>
>
> I don't disagree that this would have made sense, but can we 
> reasonably make this change in 5101bis?  Will this make a 5101 
> collector incorrectly interpret 5101bis?  Maybe I am missing something.

Correct; this is a point for discussion rather than a realistic 
proposal. Also, I'm glad to see you read this far through ;-)

Let's save this change for v11 export :-)

P.
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