In message <20070106.232350.1172764697.imp_at_bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes
:
>In message: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701070304400.11581_at_hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>
> Tony Finch <dot_at_dotat.at> writes:
>: On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Ashley Yakeley wrote:
>: >
>: > Presumably it only needs to know the next leap-second to do this, not
>: > the whole known table?
>:
>: Kernels sometimes need to deal with historical timestamps (principally
>: from the filesystem) so it'll need a full table to be able to convert
>: between POSIX time and atomic time for compatibility purposes.
>
>Most filesystems store time as UTC anyway...
Actually, I tend to think these are in the minority, but most of
the non-UTC ones are of minor significance.
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