diff -r e5976864dfe9 -r 5cab3034d3a1 DateUtils.m
--- a/DateUtils.m	Sat May 24 13:24:33 2008 -0700
+++ b/DateUtils.m	Wed Sep 02 08:41:25 2009 -0700
@@ -33,13 +33,17 @@
 
 NSTimeInterval TimeIntervalSinceBoot(void)
 {
-    // From http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1398.html
-    uint64_t abstime = mach_absolute_time();
-    // Have to do some pointer fun because AbsoluteToNanoseconds
+    // Adapted from http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1398.html
+    // Have to do some union tricks because AbsoluteToNanoseconds
     // works in terms of UnsignedWide, which is a structure rather
     // than a proper 64-bit integer.
-    Nanoseconds elapsedNano = AbsoluteToNanoseconds( *(AbsoluteTime *) &abstime );
-    return *(uint64_t*)&elapsedNano / 1.0e9;
+    union {
+        uint64_t asUInt64;
+        UnsignedWide asUWide;
+    } t;
+    t.asUInt64 = mach_absolute_time();
+    t.asUWide = AbsoluteToNanoseconds(t.asUWide);
+    return t.asUInt64 / 1.0e9;
 }