fix time not casted to tfc_useconds incorrectly.

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@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ Blowfish and Twofish ciphers, which are in use still up to today.
 
 tfcrypt is actually a frontend for Threefish with (by default) XTS mode of operation.
 As a key it uses either password or keyfile, which is then hashed many times
-with Skein hash function. Default key length is 1280 bits (160 bytes).
+with Skein hash function.
 
 This program is incompatible with older, "tf1024" tfcrypt version. This version aims to
 provide a portable encryption tool to encrypt fixed media such as disks and archive files,
-as well as to provide decades long privacy for encrypted data. That's why it uses 1024 bit
-encryption and, unlike older version, extends key size to 1280 bits, eliminates tweak feature
-from Threefish and uses either XTS (by default) or OCB modes of operation instead,
-to encrypt fixed media in a secure undetectable way.
-
+as well as to provide decades long privacy for encrypted data.
 Supported modes of operation: CTR, ECB, CBC, XTS, OCB and arbitrary long keystream.
 OCB mode does not use Skein hash function to hash and verify message, instead, it does
 a single pass crypt and verify, thus, it is faster than other modes when both crypt and verify.
 
+Additionally, this version provides a way to virtually "extend" key size to 1280 bits,
+by enabling "fullkey" option or changing "do_full_key" default setting in tfcrypt_defs.h.
+In this mode, tweak is ignored, and filled with extended key material.
+
 THREEFISH NOTES
 
 Please note that this encryption software includes Threefish cipher, which is terribly
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ slow on 32 bit systems. This way, it cannot be efficiently used on pure 32 bit m
 
 Threefish contained here is stripped off of it's tweak property, thus, it is turned into a
 regular block cipher. To add tweakability, either XTS or OCB modes of operation are used.
-Default wide block size is 4096 bytes. Author strongly believes that Threefish _may_ be subject
-to related key attacks when used in a tweaked mode, so this property is easy to remove.
-Because tweak occupied another 192 bits of key material, these 192 bits are added to effective
-key length. Another key word is extracted from the sum of all the user key words, thus,
-another 64 bits. Total +256 additional bits of key = 1280 key bits.
+Default wide block size is 4096 bytes.
 
 SKEIN NOTES
 
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ LICENSE
 
 This tfcrypt, unlike it's previous version, is copyrighted:
 
-       Copyright (C) Andrey Rys <rys@lynxlynx.ru>, 2012-2018.
+       Copyright (C) Andrey Rys <rys@lynxlynx.ru>, 2012-2019.
 
 It maybe freely used by anyone who agrees to the terms and conditions of the MIT license.