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Subject: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
From: saku at ytti.fi (Saku Ytti)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:23:11 +0300
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On (2015-06-22 14:44 +0200), Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet
> devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers
> should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with
> humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and
> cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside
> picnics).

I couldn't agree more. But out of curiosity does anyone have scoop why TAI
exists? I believe GPSTIME predates it, which appears analogous to TAI.

-- 
  ++ytti

References:
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: saku at ytti.fi (Saku Ytti)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: stenn at ntp.org (Harlan Stenn)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: dot at dotat.at (Tony Finch)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: bortzmeyer at nic.fr (Stephane Bortzmeyer)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: bzeeb-lists at lists.zabbadoz.net (Bjoern A. Zeeb)
- REMINDER: LEAP SECOND
  - From: bortzmeyer at nic.fr (Stephane Bortzmeyer)

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