6 Feb
2005
6 Feb
'05
12:34 p.m.
you forgot some vital ones On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 02:43:50AM -0800, Ashley Yakeley wrote:
* POSIX time
Can do accurate calculations on calendar times. Can store UTC times reliably. Cannot store TAI times reliably. Broken for all leap seconds. cannot represent durations undefined before 1970, muddy definition in the future.
* TAI time with limited leap-second table
Can do accurate calculations on calendar times. Cannot store UTC times reliably. Can store TAI times reliably. Broken for leap seconds after table runs out.
can represent durations defined for all history and future
Which of these is better?
TAI is clearly superior. John -- John Meacham - ⑆repetae.net⑆john⑈