On 2 Nov 2010, at 20:38, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message <20101102202753.gc21...@ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes: >> >> >> Section A.4.15 >> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xbd_chap04.html >> >> "Note that as a practical consequence of this, the length of a >> second as measured by some external standard is not specified." >> >> Is this not the POSIX standard? > > Technically it is not, it is the Open Group standard, but that's not > material. It certainly is the current edition of POSIX. However it is a quote from the rationale, which is informative - it does not specify requirements. The relevant normative text is at http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_15 > There is a difference between "not specified" and "different from". Yes. The normative text says nothing about the length of a second, though it is implied by the link between time_t and UTC. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
