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Re: Time Zone Questions



On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:10:32PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 3/21/2014 10:08 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> >Jerry Stuckle writes:
> >>The time needs to be accurate
> >
> >TAI is accurate.  UTC is fudged.  The Earth is not a clock.  BTW GPS
> >time ignores leap seconds.  It's what scientists most often use for
> >precise timing.
> >
> 
> Not all of them.  Many use UTC.  UTC is readily available via many
> radio transmitters around the world.  TAI not so much.  And
> synchronizing via the internet is not good when you need microsecond
> accuracy; it is with radio stations.

Really? 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/03/msg01283.html

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