[LEAPSECS] Computer Network Time Synchronization, 2nd Ed.

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <5710B6B4-110E-4342-A593-32D3C71039AB at batten.eu.org>, Ian Batten wri
tes:


>> Birthdays do not even get adjusted with/for timezones:  You are

>> born and die on civil time,

>

>Which of course takes us round in circles, because in some countries

>civil time _is_ UT1.


Well, Earth Rotataion takes us round in circles, so, yes ?

The point here is that when somebody says "I'm born on 31st of
march" the uncertainty is +/- 23:59:59 until they also tell you
where they were born.

The difference between UT1 and UTC in that context is utterly ridiculously
insignificant, even if it is theoretically applicable.


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