On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Seaman writes: > >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > >However, surely the point of coupling TI with the zoneinfo notion - > >just for the sake of argument - is to simply start distributing TI > >instead of UTC. Then UTC - a flavor of Universal Time, an alias for > >Greenwich Mean Time (which as you say is far from "eradicated") - > >remains available for those who need it. > > > >The adoption of TI would be massive and immediate. > > And illegal on many systems, including all USGOV owned and operated > systems. So would that mean that any USGOV owned and operated systems not running NTP (Window boxes, for example), or those running NTP but are in the middle of dealing with a leapsecond, are being illegally operated? How close to UTC do you have to be to be under the limit when the US Time Police pull you in? Pete. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
