From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 16:28:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D66B37B401; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3836243FB1; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:28:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.8/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h5NNSaE1034051; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:28:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:28:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20030623.172823.71086271.imp@bsdimp.com> To: grog@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20030623231422.GK93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20030623224600.GE93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030623.170533.104031847.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030623231422.GK93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_tc.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:28:46 -0000 In message: <20030623231422.GK93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: : On Monday, 23 June 2003 at 17:05:33 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > In message: <20030623224600.GE93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> : > "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: : >> On Monday, 23 June 2003 at 13:14:09 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: : >>> imp 2003/06/23 13:14:09 PDT : >>> : >>> FreeBSD src repository : >>> : >>> Modified files: : >>> sys/kern kern_tc.c : >>> Log: : >>> Use UTC rather than GMT to describe time scale. latter is obsolete. : >> : >> GMT isn't obsolete. It's the British national time zone (without : >> DST). But the change looks correct. : > : > It is obsolete as an international time scale. : : In the same way that the American zones are obsolete? The american time zones were never used as the name for a time scale. That's why I called it obsolete. GMT is the old name for the internaltional commerical time scale that everything else was defined in terms of. UTC is the new name for that international time scale, and GMT is just a timezone defined in terms of it. Warner