[Ffrom ACM RISKS forum; I'm offline right now, so haven't checked out the original article, but thought it might be of interest given the discussion of date/time libraries. #g] [[ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:47:15 -0700 From: "Conrad Heiney" <conrad@fringehead.org> Subject: What Time Is It? *The Guardian* has a fascinating story on the ITU's Study group concerned with time. According to the article, divergent time systems are an increasing problem. Conflicts between Earth time, the time provided by atomic clocks, GPS time, and other standards raise interesting questions about the safety of aircraft and other complex systems that may be running on different timescales. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,985020,00.html ]] ------------ Graham Klyne _________ GK@ninebynine.org ___|_o_o_o_|_¬ \____________/ (nb Helva) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @Kingston, River Thames