[LEAPSECS] Reliability

[Adi Stav]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 11:31:52PM +0100, Nero Imhard wrote:

>

> I believe this to be false. People's tolerance for being some fixed time 

> offset (modulo 1 DST hour) away from their "time meridian" has nothing to 

> do with their tolerance for this value to drift.


I see. And how would such intolerance come into effect? The little old
lady who will eventally walk to church in the dark on winter Sundays has
been suggested, but that was rather tongue-in-cheek :)

I'd say the little old lady's tolerance for maximum drifting DUT is no 
less than a minute or two, because her watch isn't that accurate anyhow
and she sets it from time to time.