From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2003-07-01T19:41:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Millisecond in time.

Anders Borch wrote:

>> It also takes a number of microseconds as a second argument, so you 
>> could also do
>>
>>    time = Time.at(ms / 1000, (ms % 1000) * 1000)
> 
> 
> wouldn't that be
> 
>   time = Time.at(ms / 1000, ms % 1000)
> 
> '%' returns the fraction part *as an integer* iirc

Yes, but the second argument to Time#at is in microseconds.

Since the original value was milliseconds, taking it mod 1000 gives us just the leftover milliseconds (ie, the ones that don't add up to a multiple of a second).

We then need to multiply that by 1000, since microseconds are 1000 times smaller than milliseconds.

Or is my logic still screwed up?  As I said, my arithmetic is terrible :-).