On 2015-10-29, at 11:08, Dave Rivers wrote: > I think your number is a little off, or at least different... > > I’ve been told that according to the Time Protocol in RFC 868, the value > is -2208988800. Not sure where the extra 10 seconds is coming from. Leap > seconds were not announced until after 1972, so it’s not that… > > See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc868 > At the introduction of UTC in 1972, earth rotation was already 10 seconds behind TAI. So while UTC is now 36 seconds behind TAI, there have been only 26 leap seconds. z/OS TOD runs 10 seconds behind TAI. Hand waving. Etc.
-- gil
