On (2015-06-22 14:44 +0200), Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet > devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers > should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with > humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and > cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside > picnics).
I couldn't agree more. But out of curiosity does anyone have scoop why TAI exists? I believe GPSTIME predates it, which appears analogous to TAI. -- ++ytti
