[time-nuts] Leap seconds and POSIX
Magnus Danielson
magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Fri Jan 2 22:34:04 UTC 2009
Poul-Henning Kamp skrev:
> In message <p06240824c583f02b1024@[192.168.1.212]>, Joe Gwinn writes:
>
>> This was done long before GPS was invented, or NTP for that matter.
>
> You should check the age of NTP, it is one of the oldest protocols
> around being initially standardized in september 1985, but inhereting
> most of its features from "ICS" which were first standardized in
> RFC778 in April 1981.
>
The first GPS Block I bird flew in 1978, but the project had been
ongoing for considerable time. The GPS time coincided with UTC at 6 Jan
1980.
Regardless, it is meaningless to even attempt to play the "I was here
first" game.
Now, let's take this elsewhere, OK?
Cheers,
Magnus
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