From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 09:02:26 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 9547937B401; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:02:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A0C443FAF; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:02:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 24 Jun 2003 17:02:21 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:02:21 +0100 From: David Malone To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-ID: <20030624160221.GA24710@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <20030623224600.GE93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <4533.1056445034@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030624094208.GU93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030624094208.GU93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Warner Losh 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: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:02:27 -0000 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 07:12:08PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > GMT is obsolete when the British Government declares it so. I'd guess that the NPL could obsolete GMT for them, as they are responsible for timekeeping in the UK, AFAIK. They don't actually say that GMT is obsolete, but they do say the term should be avoided and that GMT is no longer used for scientific uses. http://www.npl.co.uk/time/time_scales.html The EU directive on summer time actually defines the start and end of summer time in Europe using GMT, so even outside the UK it has an impact. I couldn't find the directive on the EU's website, but these people have a PDF copy of it about 3/4 of the way down the page: http://greenwichmeantime.com/local/rules/eu.htm David.