>> >> Not true. That would violate POSIX. There is no "properly implements", >> or "right thing". > > Perhaps you're unaware that POSIX isn't the One True Operating System > specification. > > "Properly implements" means it follows the well defined, 40 year old > normative specification for handling leap seconds, which requires supporting > minutes with 59 or 61 seconds. That's something POSIX doesn't properly > implement.
Agreed. It is often overlooked that leap seconds were implemented from 1972 and POSIX only saw the light of day in 1988. So POSIX is just plain wrong here IMHO. > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
