Hi All:
Here's a second revised FAQ covering DateTime's use of the UTC time scale. If this is
OK (Dave and Flavio?), Ben, could you add it to the DT FAQ?
Some may have seen the news that debate has flared up regarding the continued use of
leap seconds. I don't know whether it will be resolved s
I like it!
Barring any complaints I will happily put it up. (Maybe with a test
case that exposes a leap second so that if the handling changes we
will rememer to change the text).
-ben
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:03:13AM -0700, Bruce Van Allen wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Here's a second revised
On Thursday, July 17, 2003 Flavio S. Glock wrote:
>Bruce Van Allen wrote:
>> UTC is widely used in scientific and technical contexts,
>> and is increasingly accepted as the standard time scale for
>> civic and business uses.
>
>s/civic/civil/ ?
>
>++
>
>- Flavio S. Glock
>
Yes, s/civic/civil/
Bruce Van Allen schreef:
> Some may have seen the news that debate has flared up regarding the
> continued use of leap seconds. I don't know whether it will be
> resolved soon, so it seemed best to simply acknowledge the issue, and
> hope we remember to update the FAQ if something radically changes
On Thursday, July 17, 2003 Eugene van der Pijll wrote:
>Bruce Van Allen schreef:
>> Some may have seen the news that debate has flared up regarding the
>> continued use of leap seconds. I don't know whether it will be
>> resolved soon, so it seemed best to simply acknowledge the issue, and
>> hope
Bruce Van Allen schreef:
> >Better: "UTC (Temps Universel Coordonne, Universal Coordinated Time) is
BTW, Coordonne is spelled Coordonné in HTML.
> >the current standard time scale. Civil time (the time we all use in
> >day-to-day life) is based on UTC, and generally differs exactly an
> >integer
Hi All:
Third revision.
Thanks to Flavio and Eugene.
## FAQ entry:
What time scale does DateTime follow?
What's up with UTC, GMT, TAI, and UT1?
The DateTime modules are based on a time scale known as UTC (Temps Universel
Coordonne, Coordinated Universal Time), which was established in
Hi All:
Fourth revision.
Thanks again to Eugene.
Ben, note the é (é) in Coordonné.
## FAQ entry:
Q. Does DateTime handle leap seconds?
A. Yes
Q. What is a leap second, anyway?
A. One rotation of the Earth (1 day) is not exactly equal to 86,400 (i.e., 24*60*60)
seconds. This means th
