[LEAPSECS] LEAPSECS Digest, Vol 53, Issue 11

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <3B33E89C51D2DE44BE2F0C757C656C880A735489 at mail02.stk.com>, "Finklema
n, Dave" writes:


>To answer tvb's question, there are contracts that require UTC

>explicitly.  There is no qualification as to what UTC is or which

>version to use if there are several!!!


I have several examples of such contracts, and agreements.

The crucial point for them all is the 'C' letter: UTC is the time they
trust to be the same everywhere.

It doesn't much matter much what time it is, as long as everybody can
agree that it is the same time.

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