[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> i understand the timezones contain in /usr/share/zoneinfo/right respect
> leap second, so if one were to use the utc in the "right" directory, the
> time show on his system would be 23 seconds behind than the other utc
> (/usr/share/zoneinfo/utc) whould show.
Google for "bernstein tai" to see the history (and bitter arguments)
around having leap seconds "jump" the low-level timekeeping mechanism
vs. having leap seconds added later on during the display routine's
formatting of the "civil" time.
http://cr.yp.to/proto/utctai.html
-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
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