----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harlan Stenn" <st...@ntp.org>
> > You misunderstand the problem. :) The problem is not "clock skips > > backward one second," because most of the time that's not what > > happens. The problem is that most software does not handle it well > > when the clock ticks ... :59 :60 :00 instead of ticking directly > > from > > :59 to :00. > > POSIX NEVER shows :60. Then I hope POSIX does not claim to represent UTC, because UTC does, no? (IE: somewhere between "a bit" and "a lot" more expansion was called for there; most of us don't have ntp.org email addresses. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
