[ntp:hackers] Comments invited

David L. Mills mills at udel.edu
Sun Dec 28 10:07:14 PST 2003


Tim,

If you follow the threads in the other white papers cited on the page,
you should conclude that it is not the origin of the era that matters,
it is the difference between the current time in the era and the vague
time of the system clock that is to be corrected. The bottom line is
that the system clock must be within 34 years of the current time before
synchronization, regardless of era.

There is ample precedent of the era problem in contemporary navigation
systems like LORAN, GPS, OMEGA, DECCA and even the Maya calendar. Just
live with it.

Dave

Tim Shoppa wrote:
> 
> > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/time.html
> 
> Seeing the Y2038 problem is not in 2034, perhaps choosing 2004 or 2005
> as the start of a new epoch makes more sense?
> 
> When Dogbert had to explain why the apocolypse was coming in the year
> 2000, his main reason was that God likes big round numbers.
> 
> Tim.



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