[ntpwg] Time synchronization and the Energy Policy Act of 2005

[Danny Mayer]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <00d201c6f3a1$7b661650$010aa8c0 at home.glassey.com>
>             "todd glassey" <tglassey at earthlink.net> writes:
> : Actually Danny - it ***is*** about the released versions of NTP and the
> : processes they use. If its not an NTP Design issue then we need a new list
> : for NTP release and production footprint issues, including commercial
> : products which need to comply with things like the IETF's new NEA protocol's
> : operations.
> 
> Maybe you could explain how it is an issue.  Unix NTP servers run
> everthing in UTC, so only hickup at leap seconds.  The unix
> implementations use zone files to convert UTC times the kernel gives
> back into human readable (read local) time.
> 
> Warner
> 

It's also not part of the charter for the NTP WG:
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ntp-charter.html

Danny