Re: [LEAPSECS] Future time

2014-01-20 Thread Tony Finch
Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: In message 52dc19ff.9499.11a39...@dan.tobias.name, Daniel R. Tobias writes: When I'm making an advance dinner reservation for 7 PM on October 1, 2014 in New York City, I expect that [...] That used to be the sensible party position, but it

Re: [LEAPSECS] Future time

2014-01-20 Thread Tony Finch
Warner Losh i...@bsdimp.com wrote: On Jan 18, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Stephen Scott wrote: The basis of my understanding is that UTC is a timescale that: -progresses at a rate of the second (SI) and has done so since 1972-01-01. -is expressed as a count in the form of date, hours,

Re: [LEAPSECS] Future time

2014-01-20 Thread Warner Losh
On Jan 20, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Tony Finch wrote: Warner Losh i...@bsdimp.com wrote: On Jan 18, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Stephen Scott wrote: The basis of my understanding is that UTC is a timescale that: -progresses at a rate of the second (SI) and has done so since 1972-01-01. -is