> Leap seconds become important when you start reaching back in the time. If > you reach past the most recent leap second insertion point, the wall clock > or TOD clock conversations start being off by one second per insertion. > For many things, that's close enough. For others (e.g. financial > institutions) the time standards are established by regulatory agencies.
Also important if your authentication protocols include a time nonce (eg, Kerberos/AD). In some instances, a time variance of one second is enough to cause decryption of tickets. YMMV, but you may need to consider such things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
