On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 01:31:56AM +0100, Georg Sauthoff wrote:

> However, I'm curious, is this a deliberate design decision to not provide
> a configuration setting for the currentUtcOffsetValid value, as well?
> Or is such configuration simply missing because nobody has bothered adding 
> one?

This is very much a design decision that was made on purpose.  The UTC
offset can only be valid if the computer has access to the global time
distribution system (ie GPS or NTP) and monitors leap second
announcements in real time.

A hard coded configuration setting would be morally wrong!

Thanks,
Richard


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