Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it the tzfile in the tzone package is not used to update the system time - that relies on NTP or similar. Rather, the leap second info in the tzone files is made available for applications to use, primarily for calculating time differences in the past.
Henry On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:17 AM, Tom Van Baak <t...@leapsecond.com> wrote: >> I couldn't help noticing that Debian just issued an update >> to tzone, so that means Linux systems now know about the >> leap second. >> >> -Chuck Harris > > > Hi Chuck, > > "Linux systems now know about the leap second" -- this is a very dangerous > assumption. And one reason why leap seconds have gotten out of hand the past > decade. > > Just because you observe one tz update from Debian does not imply that all > "Linux systems" on planet earth (or in space) magically know about leap > seconds. There must be millions (billions?) of embedded or isolated systems > -- from web servers to desktops to military systems to gadgets to Raspberry > Pi's to mobile phones, that have not, and will not ever receive this update. > > /tvb > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
