X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/799dfcfab944cd604ee0850f37e0dcb07f02d84d..f382c87d3cc301abe6c3670f70bb79b6915c2e91:/unix/uxmisc.c

diff --git a/unix/uxmisc.c b/unix/uxmisc.c
index d1afa44a..505d43d3 100644
--- a/unix/uxmisc.c
+++ b/unix/uxmisc.c
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ unsigned long getticks(void)
     struct timeval tv;
     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
     /*
-     * This will wrap around approximately every 4000 seconds, i.e.
-     * just over an hour, which is more than enough.
+     * We want to use milliseconds rather than microseconds,
+     * because we need a decent number of them to fit into a 32-bit
+     * word so it can be used for keepalives.
      */
-    return tv.tv_sec * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
+    return tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000;
 }
 
-
-
 Filename filename_from_str(const char *str)
 {
     Filename ret;