Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:06:29 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, brian@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/touch touch.1 touch.c Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704101101450.24971@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070410050011.GH91694@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20070409021942.C150B16A529@hub.freebsd.org> <20070409024826.553be564@dev.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20070410010510.GB61460@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20070409.222011.1689682576.imp@bsdimp.com> <20070410050011.GH91694@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > The definition of time_t is simply a number of seconds since a > specified event. ... modulo leap second adjustments. time_t cannot encode UTC correctly since you need more than a simple scalar to do so (e.g. you need a TAI offset or a leap second flag). Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE: WEST OR SOUTHWEST 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 OR 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR DRIZZLE. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR.
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