In message <43BFB3E4.9080505_at_edavies.nildram.co.uk>, Ed Davies writes:
>Also, Markus wasn't proposing UTS as a civil timescale but just
>for use within computer systems, etc.
What a weird concept...
Why not go the full distance and define a timescale for each
particular kind of time-piece:
Wrist Watch time
Wall clock time
Grandfather clock time
Tower clock time
Television time
Embedded system time
Appliance time
Router time
PC time
Windows server time
Commercial UNIX time
Free UNIX time
Main-frame time
and give each of them their own unique way of coping with leapseconds ?
Ohh wait...
That's what it looks like today already isn't it ? :-(
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Received on Sat Jan 07 2006 - 04:46:56 PST