Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:26:38 -0400 | From | David Feuer <> | Subject | Re: GPS Leap Second Scheduled! |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 03:56:41AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > It is supposed to mean that whether or not it's "annoying and > > > confusing" to you have very little relevance to anyone else. > > > > Annoying is tough. But confusing? Surely it's essential for the > > interface to be as clear as possible, since any mistakes on behalf of > > the application programmer will likely go unnoticed until the next leap > > second! > > > > Of course, the most obvious mistake is using UTC to measure the time > > between events, and that'll just keep on being made. > > > > Of course, which is why it is important that one can get either UTC > or TAI from whatever format applies. > > -hpa > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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I had simply stated that I preferred being given TAI straight, instead of having to add or subtract an offset from UTC. I strongly suspect that both UTC and TAI will be used far more than the difference between them. I therefore advocate providing UTC and TAI in the newtimeval_t or whatever.
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