On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > [POSIX time] is designed to be UTC, but fails to properly implement > UTC's leap seconds and intervals around leapseconds.
>From the historical point of view I'd say that UNIX time was originally designed to be some vague form of UT, and the POSIX committee retro-fitted a weak form of UTC synchronization. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST, VEERING NORTHWEST FOR A TIME, 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN DOGGER. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD.