> On Mar 13, 2015, at 12:57 AM, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
>
> On 12 March 2015 at 05:21, Steve Allen wrote:
>> On Wed 2015-03-11T11:04:57 -0700, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
>>> The entire purpose of UTC is to provide a single timescale for all
>>> human-related activity.
>>
>> And UTC has failed m
On 2015-03-12 11:57 AM, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
On 12 March 2015 at 05:21, Steve Allen wrote:
On Wed 2015-03-11T11:04:57 -0700, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
The entire purpose of UTC is to provide a single timescale for all
human-related activity.
And UTC has failed miserably. POSIX says UTC ha
On 12 March 2015 at 05:21, Steve Allen wrote:
> On Wed 2015-03-11T11:04:57 -0700, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
>> The entire purpose of UTC is to provide a single timescale for all
>> human-related activity.
>
> And UTC has failed miserably. POSIX says UTC has no leaps.
> Google says UTC has occasiona
Steve,
POSIX does not say that UTC has no leaps, it says that POSIX has no UTC
(despite the superficial similarity).
Joe Gwinn
From: Steve Allen
To: Leap Second Discussion List
Date: 03/12/2015 01:22 AM
Subject:[LEAPSECS] UTC fails
Sent by:"LEAPSECS"
Steve,
> And UTC has failed miserably. POSIX says UTC has no leaps.
> Google says UTC has occasional days with stretches of seconds which
> are of varying lengths. De facto, there is no single UTC time scale.
Right! And many more examples of UTC fails -- the RTC of any unix computer. Any
windo
On Wed 2015-03-11T11:04:57 -0700, Tom Van Baak hath writ:
> The entire purpose of UTC is to provide a single timescale for all
> human-related activity.
And UTC has failed miserably. POSIX says UTC has no leaps.
Google says UTC has occasional days with stretches of seconds which
are of varying le
