[LEAPSECS] The relation between calendars and leap seconds.

[Peter Bunclark]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <79C80FD0-71B0-4A2B-B8AB-29DB8160B197 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

> >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> >

>

> >However, surely the point of coupling TI with the zoneinfo notion -

> >just for the sake of argument - is to simply start distributing TI

> >instead of UTC.  Then UTC - a flavor of Universal Time, an alias for

> >Greenwich Mean Time (which as you say is far from "eradicated") -

> >remains available for those who need it.

> >

> >The adoption of TI would be massive and immediate.

>

> And illegal on many systems, including all USGOV owned and operated

> systems.


So would that mean that any USGOV owned and operated systems not running
NTP (Window boxes, for example), or those running NTP but are in the
middle of dealing with a leapsecond, are being illegally operated?

How close to UTC do you have to be to be under the limit when the US Time
Police pull you in?

Pete.