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Date:      Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   cvs commit: src/lib/libc/sys ntp_gettime.2
Message-ID:  <200306212027.h5LKRsPp068246@repoman.freebsd.org>

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imp         2003/06/21 13:27:54 PDT

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:
    lib/libc/sys         ntp_gettime.2 
  Log:
  Add clarifications about the information that ntp_gettime returns.
  TAI is a timescale, just like UTC.  The tai field returns the offset
  between the two, and isn't really used for precision time keeping.
  Explain in brief what a positive and a negative leap seconds are.  Add
  some URLs to very useful web pages about time and time keeping for
  more information on using this API.
  
  Reviewed by: phk
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.2       +18 -8     src/lib/libc/sys/ntp_gettime.2



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