On Thu 2005-08-11T15:27:38 +0100, Peter Bunclark hath writ: > A proposal that seems to me to go half way to satisfy both pro and anti > leapers is the one where computers switch to using TAI internally. We > could start thinking about that now and possibly start implementing it. If > the leapers prevail, in future the date command will still output > UTC+timezone, if the anti-leapers prevail, it can output TAI+ something > (zero?!) + timezone.
Although it is risky ever to assert that one understands Dave Mills, this is exactly what he seems to have written in an active discussion thread on comp.protocols.time.ntp That being a larger, older, and more open forum, there are, of course, all sorts of other conspiracy theories, too. -- Steve Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99858 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06014 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m
