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

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Sat Dec 25 14:46:22 EST 2010


On Dec 25, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Ian Batten wrote:


> Which is sort-of the point: that whatever the UK government's tactical movement around GMT, UTC or whatever might be, it isn't long-term, it isn't serious and it isn't in any way indicative of long-term policy. It always strikes me as a sign of people who haven't dealt with government in any substantive way that they assume that some action by an arm of government is in some way a sign of an overall policy. The idea that governments are that joined up is ironically shared by politicians and by wild-eyed conspiracy theorists; in the real world, they just can't organise to that, or indeed any, extent.


Which is why the international civil timekeeping standard should be tied to physical reality.

Rob



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