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Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:26:22 -0700 From: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com> To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.95.0.1341503645.roll@rutten.stupi.se> Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org On 7/5/2012 5:54 PM, Peter Lothberg wrote: >> Rather than discussing the pros and cons of UTC and leap seconds, just >> create your own time system. >> >> You could call it OpenTime. OpenTime will use NTP servers where the >> Stratum 1 servers are synced to some time standard that doesn't care >> about leap seconds. That way the consumer can chose to connect his >> machines to UTC or OpenTime. > And what do you do if "OpenTime" and "UTC" differs so that it matters? > > Do the fligt leave at 1200 UTC or 1200 OpenTime? > > ... Lets see. There have been nine leap seconds in 20 years. So at the start of the next century the difference will probably be less than a minute Remember OpenTime is only for people who want their system clocks to ignore leap seconds. I don't include myself among the possible users of OpenTime.
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