Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] what does 'Time' mean

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:44:26 -0700 (PDT)
Gerald Combs said:
> This means that 0.47 seconds elapsed between the first and second
> packets.  The capture may have been started (when you hit the "OK"
> button) some time earlier.

...and, at least in some capture file formats (including Ethereal's native
file format), the time that the capture was started isn't even saved in
the file.