[LEAPSECS] The relation between calendars and leap seconds.

[Rob Seaman]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


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

> systems.


I thought the ITU had treaty status, therefore that they could decree  
that we all must henceforth wear Goofy watches that run CCW, and that  
this sober determination would supersede all other laws of God and man.



Also, is it truly illegal for computers to keep time two different  
ways?  After all, nobody really promulgates UTC even now - rather,  
various messages are passed using other protocols such as NTP  
resulting in a separate timescale realization on each computer.  TI  
could be interposed at one layer as long as UTC remains available  
(perhaps only notionally) at another.

In general, any strong assertions about overriding legal entanglements  
will tend to emphasize the importance of maintaining an unbroken chain  
of historical precedent, ie., that UTC == GMT.

Rob

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