eBay official time (was Re: Precise time over time )

From: Tim Shepard <shep_at_ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:17:26 -0400

Tom Van Baak said:

> Things are more precise now;
> [...]
> My favorite example is eBay.


eBay is a great example. The eBay snipers are probably the best
example of a significant number of people who ever care what time it
is to a sub-second precision. (I wonder which community is larger,
astronomers or eBay snipers?)


Which led me to wonder: Has eBay thought about the upcoming leap
second and how are they going to handle it?

Anyone on this list know? Anyone have a good contact at eBay that we
could ask?

                        -Tim Shepard
                         shep_at_alum.mit.edu
Received on Tue Aug 09 2005 - 07:27:33 PDT