Re: Comparing Time Scales

2006-02-04 Thread M. Warner Losh
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Re: Comparing Time Scales

2006-02-04 Thread Tim Shepard
No. The article specifically says that after it the system time gets to ,600, it is decremented by one and there is specific code in the code that returns the system time to applications that makes it stand still. The second isn't *NOT* repeated. Repeat: The second is *NOT* repeated in

Re: Comparing Time Scales

2006-02-04 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : But there's a difference between NTP timestamps, and the details of : the implementation of a system which uses NTP for synchronization. Ah, I was getting the two confused and didn't quite realize it until your

Re: Comparing Time Scales

2006-02-04 Thread Rob Seaman
So internally, once we hit the leap second time, we step backwards. Lovely waxing crescent moon last night. I could see it out of the north facing windows of our family room. It might be simpler in some sense to pretend that the moon (and the sun for that matter) always rises due east and set