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Filesystem timestamps

Posted Oct 21, 2011 2:39 UTC (Fri) by njs (guest, #40338)
In reply to: Filesystem timestamps by magila
Parent article: Time zone database attacked but finds a new home

Or maybe UTC will become TAI... [1]

Though the argument I find most compelling is that everyone should switch to TAI for internal timekeeping, and then make UTC a new timezone (with a very small offset) -- the way leap seconds get added is almost exactly like the way that political entities are always rearranging DST rules, and can use the same mechanism.[2]

[1] http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/onlinebib.html
[2] http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/right+gps.html


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