[ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Fri Jun 19 19:14:28 UTC 2009
Rod Dorman wrote:
> In article <qu-dnfrtdPK6Z6fXnZ2dnUVZ_hydnZ2d at giganews.com>,
> Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> ...
>> Kludging local timezone conversions into the NTP protocol somehow would
>> be a nightmare if you could persuade anyone to do it! 24 or more
>> timezones ...
>
> Don't forget that there are places like Newfoundland that don't have a
> nice round number of hours offset.
>
That's one of the possibilities that led me to say "24 or more". I
don't believe that it's the only one!
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