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. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ South Fitzroy: Westerly or southwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally 4 in south. Rough or very rough. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
