This. Sadly I don't think it's politically easy for the committee to admit this.https://twitter.com/oshepherd/status/660807589480001536 …
@laurentbercot @oshepherd @whitequark @eevee TAI otoh is only good for one thing: physics. And UTC is good for nothing at all.
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@RichFelker@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee TAI is perfectly good. Actual UTC is fine*. POSIX "UTC" is nonsense -
@RichFelker@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee (*A correctly defined time_t for UTF would actually be TAI) -
@oshepherd@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee We're not going to agree on this so let's agree to disagree. -
@RichFelker@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee The important thing is that the clock is continuous and monotonic. This is why POSIX UTC fails -
@oshepherd@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee There are other important things too, like ability to interpret times without ext. data. -
@RichFelker@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee This involves keeping times in their *entry* format. It is the *only* way which works -
@RichFelker@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee Standardizing on any UTx fails for this because timezones do change -
@oshepherd@laurentbercot@whitequark@eevee Keeping them in UT1 works just as well. Many times (e.g. server logs) do not care about TZ's. - 3 more replies
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