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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: s/GMT/UTC/


From: Zenaan Harkness
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: s/GMT/UTC/
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 06:20:49 +1000

On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 19:32, David Allouche wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 20:12 -0400, Phil Frost wrote:
> > The difference between UTC
> > and GMT will never be more than 0.9s, but I believe there is still some
> > value in labeling the time with the correct timescale simply for the
> > sake of being correct.
> 
> Since the date resolution is one second, both are equally correct.
> 
> Are you just being pedantic or did I miss something?

So, attempting to be correct == being pedantic?

(Perhaps sometimes yes. This conversation has certainly clarified things
re gmt/utc for me, which I find worthwhile.)




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