marshal_dump

/*
 * undocumented
 */

static VALUE
time_mdump(time)
    VALUE time;
{
    struct time_object *tobj;
    struct tm *tm;
    unsigned long p, s;
    char buf[8];
    time_t t;
    int i;

    GetTimeval(time, tobj);

    t = tobj->tv.tv_sec;
    tm = gmtime(&t);

    if ((tm->tm_year & 0xffff) != tm->tm_year)
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "year too big to marshal");

    p = 0x1UL        << 31 | /*  1 */
        tobj->gmt    << 30 | /*  1 */
        tm->tm_year  << 14 | /* 16 */
        tm->tm_mon   << 10 | /*  4 */
        tm->tm_mday  <<  5 | /*  5 */
        tm->tm_hour;         /*  5 */
    s = tm->tm_min   << 26 | /*  6 */
        tm->tm_sec   << 20 | /*  6 */
        tobj->tv.tv_usec;    /* 20 */

    for (i=0; i<4; i++) {
        buf[i] = p & 0xff;
        p = RSHIFT(p, 8);
    }
    for (i=4; i<8; i++) {
        buf[i] = s & 0xff;
        s = RSHIFT(s, 8);
    }

    return rb_str_new(buf, 8);
}