Zefram via LEAPSECS <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hal Murray wrote:
> >I assume the basic idea would be something like switch the kernel to use TAI
> >rather than UTC and implement conversion in some library routines.
>
> That's not a viable approach, because of the wide range of uses to which
> time_t is put.

In particular, the kernel needs time_t for compatibility with filesystems
that need it, and other non-syscall interfaces that expose time_t. There's
a lot of them.

Tony.
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