[LEAPSECS] tinkering with time ?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Jan 31 10:59:19 EST 2011


In message <12988684-B911-481B-B557-90E55CD736A4 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:

>On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:



>Is there really a requirement to render the concept of "universal

>time" meaningless? Or is UTC merely collateral damage from an

>intellectually lazy campaign to "suppress TAI"?


There is a desire to see computers work reliably together.

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