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

[Rob Seaman]

On Dec 25, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Ian Batten wrote:


> Which is sort-of the point: that whatever the UK government's tactical movement around GMT, UTC or whatever might be, it isn't long-term, it isn't serious and it isn't in any way indicative of long-term policy.   It always strikes me as a sign of people who haven't dealt with government in any substantive way that they assume that some action by an arm of government is in some way a sign of an overall policy.  The idea that governments are that joined up is ironically shared by politicians and by wild-eyed conspiracy theorists; in the real world, they just can't organise to that, or indeed any, extent.


Which is why the international civil timekeeping standard should be tied to physical reality.

Rob