>>>>> "Warner" == M Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> writes:
Warner> So what you've done is created a new time scale that is a UTC Warner> from 1972 forward, but a simplified form of UTC prior to 1972 Warner> that didn't match what UTC was doing then. Grrr! Except s/you/they/; I didn't invent. So right isn't quite, err, right. I wonder whether the Olsen db can be fixed to account for that? right/UTC and posix/UTC currently are identical for all (time_t)LONG_MIN <= time_t < 78796800. Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten that entirely. (And am only just vaguely remembering that I used to know that fact. [SIGH]) Warner> Yet another hazard of high precision time keeping that few Warner> people get right Part of what makes this list's name so appropriate is just how hard it is, all things considered. That is also what makes it enjoyable. Warner> An understandable simplification, to be true, and one that's Warner> often made... Often, I'm sure, because not all sources document/remember that fact. -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 _______________________________________________ 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.