[LEAPSECS] presentations from AAS Future of Time sessions

[Joseph Gwinn]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:18:41 GMT, Michael Spacefalcon wrote:

> Joseph Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net> wrote:

> 

>> In the UNIX before POSIX, it was GMT.

> 

> Your use of the past tense is incorrect.  In non-POSIX UNIX, it (the

> system time definition) *is* GMT, present tense.  See my previous

> post.


Well, yes, but I guess it's a bit of hair splitting.  The UNIX docs may 
well still say GMT, but I bet what they really use is UTC, as that's 
what's distributed.  Getting true GMT (~UT1) is a bit more work that 
would seem necessary for 99.999% of users.

Joe Gwinn