On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Ashley Yakeley wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 18:08 -0800, Steve Allen wrote: > > On Sat 2008-11-08T19:05:37 -0500, Jonathan Natale hath writ: > > > Does anybody have any thoughts on the effect(s) of the previous and/or > > > upcoming leap seconds on NTP (v2, v3, and/or v4)? For example, on > > > protocols that implement sub-second timers (such as BFD)? TCP? IGMPv3? > > > > This question is made for the comp.protocols.time.ntp newsgroup. > > I suggest asking over there. > > The Easter computus, by contrast, is right on topic. > I think it is; raised from time to time in this list is the capture of user requirements for time/calendar. Civil time is for the people; some people have deeply felt beliefs on the timing of religious festivals; while an overlapping group have deeply felt beliefs about noon being around the time when the Sun is highest in the sky. So a User requirement might be: The rythms of life, including the orbits of the earth and the moon, the rotation of the earth, and convenient sub-divisions of the rotation down to nearly the limit of human perception, shall be expressed in a single monotonic calendar. Pete _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
