[LEAPSECS] internet drafts about zoneinfo

[Tony Finch]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, Rob Seaman wrote:

>

> If POSIX requires Universal Time, and if POSIX has any actual pertinence

> to the UTC shenanigans (rather than just being a convenient talking

> point) - well, then - UTC must remain UT.


That's backwards. POSIX is UT because UT is the basis of civil time. If
the basis of civil time changes, POSIX follows. Hence POSIX is currently
specified in terms of UTC even though it can't handle leap seconds
correctly.

Tony.
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