threeNanoSecs := time.Unix(3, 0).UTC()
	fourNanoSecs := time.Unix(4, 0).UTC()
	modTimesThreeNone := make([]time.Time, 16)
	modTimesThreeFour := make([]time.Time, 16)
	for i := range 16 {
		// Have 13 good xl.meta, 12 for default parity count = 4 (EC:4) and one
		// to be tampered with.
		if i > 12 {
			modTimesThreeFour[i] = fourNanoSecs
			modTimesThreeNone[i] = timeSentinel
			continue
		}
		modTimesThreeFour[i] = threeNanoSecs