Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:36:33 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_tc.c Message-ID: <20030626223633.GA1793@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <1558.1056661960@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <xzpfzlw7dj3.fsf@dwp.des.no> <1558.1056661960@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:12:40PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <xzpfzlw7dj3.fsf@dwp.des.no>, Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= > writes: > >Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> writes: > >> There will very likely be no leap seconds for a while, given how the > >> earth is speeding up and slowing down, so there will be plenty of time > >> for this fix to propigate. UT1-UTC is currently at "about -0.4s" and > >> decrementing by .1s every 8 months or so. 6 * 8 is 48 months, or 4 > >> years. > > > >Not necessarily; UT1-UTC is required to be within +/- 0.9s, so a leap > >second might be introduced early to avoid crossing the -0.9s barrier. > > They've promised not to do that. /me reboots /dev/universe to resync the clock ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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