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dd: report elapsed time as HH:MM:SS.NNNNNNN

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From: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: Ricky Tigg <ricky.tigg <at> gmail.com>, Coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: coreutils v.8.30 – Two fractional digits accuracy. Appropriate notation regarding time elapsed.
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:49:46 -0800

On 2/6/2019 1:36 AM, Ricky Tigg wrote:
> Enhancements request
> Hi. Command executed:
>
>
>    - Could values reported at '(8.0 GB, 7.5 GiB)' be displayed using a two
>    fractional digits accuracy (model 1.23 GiB).
>   
----
    Nahhhhh....

Implies more accuracy than there is.

    Use 2-3 digits for reporting.  That way it can be displayed as
2-3 digits, if choice.  If value is between 2 endpoings, choose the
one that keeps the most bits, like 23.5->23, 34.5->35, basically round
to odd.

> entical values may be
> interpreted as a programming issue. Regards.
>   

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