[LEAPSECS] Cost: getting rid of GMT & discontinuing leap seconds

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sun Oct 24 16:48:06 EDT 2010


In message <4CC49881.23351.364D61DB at dan.tobias.name>, "Daniel R. Tobias" writes

:

>On 24 Oct 2010 at 18:12, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>

>> Medicine production is another case: In continuous production

>> setups, all materials have to be traceable to with second granualirity

>

>Why is the precise second something was manufactured or shipped so

>urgent?


Not sure, I was merely told that it was "a EU/FDA requirement".

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