[time-nuts] Leap seconds and POSIX

[Magnus Danielson]

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