On Thu 2008-02-14T21:53:37 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ: > But even the zoneinfo leapsecond table can not solve the basic > problem telling the two identical time_t values apart.
Which is not henceforth troublesome if time_t becomes TI. > There is far too much code and data out there to even contemplate > changing the definition of time_t. That's what they said about changing the conventional longitudes of every observatory on the planet in order to get agreement on the value of UT starting in 1962. But in 1961 the IAU said "do it", and they did -- even in cases where it caused a time step in the sovereign time scale of a nation, and even where it introduced a new, potentially ambiguous notion of origin of longitude for civil mapping. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
