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Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
From: Harlan Stenn <stenn () ntp org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:58:54 +0000
Tony Finch writes:
Harlan Stenn <stenn () ntp org> wrote:It's a problem with POSIX, not UTC. UTC is monotonic.The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, and it breaks the standard labelling of points in time that was used for hundreds (arguably thousands) of years before 1972.
You mean back when seconds were rubbery, and before the earth's rotational speed could be easily and accurately measured, or at least when the wobbles at that level of accuracy became so noticeable that they could no longer be ignored? H
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- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND, (continued)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Marshall Eubanks (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Alan Buxey (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Tony Finch (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND shawn wilson (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Tony Finch (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Damian Menscher via NANOG (Jun 24)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Tony Finch (Jun 25)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Stefan Schlesinger (Jun 25)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Damian Menscher via NANOG (Jun 25)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Tore Anderson (Jun 25)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Harlan Stenn (Jun 22)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Harlan Stenn (Jun 20)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND shawn wilson (Jun 20)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Mel Beckman (Jun 19)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Majdi S. Abbas (Jun 19)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Harlan Stenn (Jun 19)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Baldur Norddahl (Jun 19)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Harlan Stenn (Jun 19)
- Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Mel Beckman (Jun 19)