Someone wrote: > This is completely unacceptable. OS time must be predictable.
Run "cal 9 1752" and tell me that. > Can someone explain to me exactly what POSIX time is? Posix time includes leap-year-days, but does not include the finer resolution of leap-seconds. 21 leap-seconds (number 22 is coming up) have been added since New Years Day 1970 to keep clock time in synch with astronomical time. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .