Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:09:40 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Y2K |
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On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Spudgun wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Has POSIX yet determined what sort of second since the Epoch ? > > > How many sorts of seconds do we have, and if so which one is the right > > > one ? > > > .... > > As to which is the right one, Im not even going to try getting into it. Its > > like editor wars for people with degrees in astrophysics and higher mathematics ;) > > How about this - It doesn't matter because your Computer is made by the > cheapest components the OEM can get away with. > > ask yourself 'is my computer that accurate' > > your computer will lose more than one second a year, so this is irrelevant
man 8 xntpd
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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