1.1 --- a/DateUtils.m	Sat May 24 13:24:33 2008 -0700
     1.2 +++ b/DateUtils.m	Wed Apr 08 16:31:19 2009 -0700
     1.3 @@ -33,13 +33,17 @@
     1.4  
     1.5  NSTimeInterval TimeIntervalSinceBoot(void)
     1.6  {
     1.7 -    // From http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1398.html
     1.8 -    uint64_t abstime = mach_absolute_time();
     1.9 -    // Have to do some pointer fun because AbsoluteToNanoseconds
    1.10 +    // Adapted from http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1398.html
    1.11 +    // Have to do some union tricks because AbsoluteToNanoseconds
    1.12      // works in terms of UnsignedWide, which is a structure rather
    1.13      // than a proper 64-bit integer.
    1.14 -    Nanoseconds elapsedNano = AbsoluteToNanoseconds( *(AbsoluteTime *) &abstime );
    1.15 -    return *(uint64_t*)&elapsedNano / 1.0e9;
    1.16 +    union {
    1.17 +        uint64_t asUInt64;
    1.18 +        UnsignedWide asUWide;
    1.19 +    } t;
    1.20 +    t.asUInt64 = mach_absolute_time();
    1.21 +    t.asUWide = AbsoluteToNanoseconds(t.asUWide);
    1.22 +    return t.asUInt64 / 1.0e9;
    1.23  }
    1.24  
    1.25