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Message-ID: <496076A9.7030907@davidnewall.com> Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:13:21 +1030 From: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> To: Ben Goodger <goodgerster@...il.com> CC: Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linasvepstas@...il.com, "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <jeff@...owsky.org>, MentalMooMan <slashdot@...eshallam.info>, Travis Crump <pretzalz@...hhouse.org>, burdell@...ntheinter.net Subject: Re: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009 Ben Goodger wrote: > 2009/1/3 David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>: > >> Shouldn't this be a simple zoneinfo change, whereby the last two seconds >> of the year (in each timezone) both map to 31dec2008 23:59:59? That's >> the way the change has worked in the real world. Why would ntp or the >> kernel be involved? >> > > Actually, the change has worked in the real world with the > introduction of a new second named 23:59:60 Fine. However you want to describe that last second is immaterial. The point is that diddling the clock is not a true solution. Take seconds since epoch for January 1 and subtract the seconds since epoch since the previous day and if the result isn't 86401 it's wrong. Is Linux wrong? (I gather it is.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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