> I'm new to the list and would like to ask about displaying the > upcoming leap second on a linux workstation.
Stick around. There will be a big party. You might check the archives to see the discussion from the last one. > I've done quite a bit of scroogling in an attempt to determine how > the time is kept in the kernel and how it makes it's way through > to userspace for applications like date and xdaliclock to access. The kernel works in UTC. Conversion to/from local time is done in userspace, usually in the c library. Daylight time is a nightmare because politicians keep changing the rules. There is a project that tries to keep track of things. Essentially, all of the open source projects use it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoneinfo The default conversion info is stored in /etc/localtime There is an environment variable, TZ (I think) so you can use your preference rather than the default. This might be handy if you dial in to a system in another zone. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.