Re: Y2K

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:09:40 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Spudgun wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Alan Cox wrote:
> > > > Has POSIX yet determined what sort of second since the Epoch ?
> > > How many sorts of seconds do we have, and if so which one is the right
> > > one ?
> >
> ....
> > As to which is the right one, Im not even going to try getting into it. Its
> > like editor wars for people with degrees in astrophysics and higher mathematics ;)
>
> How about this - It doesn't matter because your Computer is made by the
> cheapest components the OEM can get away with.
>
> ask yourself 'is my computer that accurate'
>
> your computer will lose more than one second a year, so this is irrelevant

man 8 xntpd

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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