Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Warner Losh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY is required viewing. Warner On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Hi, First, this is my first posting to your list, forgive me if the subject has been covered. Second, I am a colleague Stephen Scott, also a new subscriber who posted

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 52cc8c26.5090...@edlmax.com, Brooks Harris writes: I fully understand time zone specifications are fractured. My objective is to determine what standards are most relevant currently, that is, what standards may be considered in force. And where none exist, to state some sort of

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Steve Allen
On Tue 2014-01-07T15:22:14 -0800, Brooks Harris hath writ: I fully understand time zone specifications are fractured. My objective is to determine what standards are most relevant currently, that is, what standards may be considered in force. And where none exist, to state some sort of rules

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Brooks Harris
Oh yes, I've see that. Noted from this list. To me its both hysterical and deeply troubling. On the one hand, it bemuses me to see someone else's programming pain so well presented, mirroring my own, and, on the other, oh isn't there please something we could do about it? On 2014-01-07 03:40

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Warner Losh
On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:56 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Oh yes, I've see that. Noted from this list. To me its both hysterical and deeply troubling. On the one hand, it bemuses me to see someone else's programming pain so well presented, mirroring my own, and, on the other, oh isn't there please

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Steve Allen
On Tue 2014-01-07T15:56:46 -0800, Brooks Harris hath writ: own, and, on the other, oh isn't there please something we could do about it? Nations, provinces, cities, and sub-populations within cities are sovereign and subject to their politicians and bureaucrats. This is not a technical problem.

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Brooks Harris
On 2014-01-07 03:40 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 52cc8c26.5090...@edlmax.com, Brooks Harris writes: I fully understand time zone specifications are fractured. My objective is to determine what standards are most relevant currently, that is, what standards may be considered in

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Brooks Harris
On 2014-01-07 03:58 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:56 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Oh yes, I've see that. Noted from this list. To me its both hysterical and deeply troubling. On the one hand, it bemuses me to see someone else's programming pain so well presented, mirroring my own,

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Warner Losh
On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: On 2014-01-07 03:58 PM, Warner Losh wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:56 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Oh yes, I've see that. Noted from this list. To me its both hysterical and deeply troubling. On the one hand, it bemuses me to see someone else's

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Brooks Harris
On 2014-01-07 06:34 PM, Rob Seaman wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Warner Losh i...@bsdimp.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Yeah, I'm sure most on this list have similar experience. Hey, we could start a reality tv show! Leap second war story death match!

Re: [LEAPSECS] Standards of time zones -Brooks Harris

2014-01-07 Thread Warner Losh
On Jan 7, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: On 2014-01-07 06:34 PM, Rob Seaman wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Warner Losh i...@bsdimp.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: Yeah, I'm sure most on this list have similar experience. Hey, we could start a