[LEAPSECS] POSIX and C (Was: Re: ISO Influence)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20101222203603.GK3267 at ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:

>On Wed 2010-12-22T18:46:56 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:



>> Broadcast time *IS* civil time, it is broadcast as a service to civilians.

>>

>> Take Germanys DCF77 as example:

>>

>> DCF77 is the official legal time of Germany[1].

>

>By transmitting timestamps which are not UTC DCF77 is not in

>conformance with ITU-R TF.460.


I don't have the text at hand, but I belive DCF77 is one of
the legacy formats covered in an appendix.

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