[LEAPSECS] POSIX and C (Was: Re: ISO Influence)

[Jonathan E. Hardis]

>>> In message <66237B3A-3953-43FF-86D6-9AE1BEFA55D4 at tcs.wap.org>,  

>>> "Jonathan E. Har

>>> dis" writes:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> You might want to rephrase that as a trivia question:  WHERE under

>>>> U.S. jurisdiction is UTC (no offset) the legal, civil time?

>>




On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Brian Garrett wrote:


> Also US research stations near the South Pole.


Interesting answer.  According to a "highly authoritative  
source" (Yahoo! ) http://ask.yahoo.com/20050302.html both poles  
"officially" are at UTC (says who?), but the South Pole station  
actually uses the time zone of Christchurch, New Zealand (UTC+12).   
This source also says, "people who work at or near the poles don't  
really live by UTC -- they often use the time zones of their nearest  
coworkers."

You're on the right track, and may or may not be correct, but this is  
not what I had in mind.



>>> And the answer would have been, during the time where POSIX was a

>>> government requirement:  In all the computers.


Ugh!  Since when do computer specs determine legal, civil time?



>> Or in USAF bases in the UK during the winter.


It's been reported here that legal, civil time in the UK is UT1 -- or  
some other form of UT.  In any event, military bases are subject to  
military law, not necessarily civil law.  That's not what I had in mind.


       - Jonathan










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