On 11 July 2012 02:42, Michael Spacefalcon <msoko...@ivan.harhan.org> wrote:
> Of course. However, this issue would only exist if the external time > input is an ASCII string or struct in HH:MM:SS format, and I have yet > to see a system that uses such formats for time interchange. All > systems that I'm familiar with use time-as-a-real-number formats > instead: JD, MJD, time_t, NTP, etc. > > SF We use a twenty-year-old system that does just that - outputs an ASCII string once a second at 300 baud on a good old-fashioned serial line. Admittedly this was not designed for computer use, but for hardware that will then drive either physical clocks, or produce SMPTE/EBU time code (as used by radio and television broadcasting). Peter (BBC, London) _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
