[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 45, Issue 1

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Sep 2 15:22:25 EDT 2010


In message <20100902.124924.244264502706473427.imp at bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh
" writes:


>I'd wager that UTC, whatever its realization, would likely trump any

>locally written laws. After all, UTC has been a widely accepted

>approximation of the local laws that's attained the force of law

>through repetitive use [...]


Don't disregard ITU totally here. ITU-T has UTC written into the
standards for cross-TelCo billing interfaces/protocols.

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