Hi! Another newbie type question: When thinking about how computers represent time, TAI would probably be the more logical way to store and do calculations with time, only including leap seconds when formatting time for human consumption. Or am I wrong in this?
There is a CLOCK_TAI on Linux, but what will happen if I use it as my default clock? Will stuff break in subtle ways (older programs, whatever)? I've read that chrony does not initialize it correctly, which makes me suspect this stuff is not quite ready for prime time? Does anyone on this list have Linux systems that are "TAI only", e.g. writing their system logs with TAI timestamps, etc.? There are certainly people keeping all their clock settings to UTC/GMT even when their local timezone is quite a bit off. Can the same thing be done in practice with TAI? /ralph _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
