Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 03/19/2015 11:31:55 AM: > > Methinks the leap seconds are celestially motivated. > > Otherwise, yes!, apply and offset and then trust z TOD. > > I suggested "ntpdate at periodic (long) intervals" for situations where > the earth moved under your feet. It happens.
Rick you're correct. Time is relative to motion, the faster something travels the slower time progresses. This has been proven as more than a theory on the space shuttle when they had two synchronized time sources one on the earth and one on the shuttle. when the shuttle landed the time sources where compared and the one on the shuttle did in fact move slower. it's was microseconds (it was only traveling 18K MPH) but that proved that theory. Expand on that and the earth revolves around the sun and it's not a constant speed. as we come into summer and are in our closer orbit we travel faster and during the winter we travel slower at the further distances. That's why summers go so fast and winters never seem to end and the reason IMHO for leap seconds. It's either that or it's one big conspiracy theory to see if the government can get it's people to do something as dumb as changing our clocks twice a year. Sandra ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
