Re: RFC 48 (v2) Replace localtime() and gmtime() with da

[Russ Allbery]

Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The problem is, many people on this list claimed that GMT != UTC,

Correct.

> and that machine time is only in GMT, making UTC dicey to derive.

Nope.  Other way around.  Machine time is only UTC; GMT has fractional
skew instead of leap seconds, making it rather incompatible with
computers.

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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>