Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!tcp-ip From: tcp-ip@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Plea for ICMP Timestamp support Message-ID: <8882@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 19:56:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8882 Posted: Mon Jul 8 19:56:45 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:01:04 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 21 From: Dennis RockwellOne thing to note about the 4.2 timestamp reply (as distributed): it is computed assuming no leap-time other than whole days. It takes the UNIX time, which is measured from midnight UT (15 years ago), divides by one day, and uses the remainder. So, for instance, the recent leap-second is basically ignored. Of course, if you look at it the other way, we've moved the zero point by the leap-time since zero. Of course, this makes no practical difference to most of us, since clocks among our machines (all in the same room) are normally different by as much as five minutes. I suppose that this is what Dave is proposing to remedy? Dave, feel free to poke CSNET-RELAY, CSNET-SH, and CSNET-DEV. For real thrills, poke 192.5.58.5, which is CSNET-DEV's PDN address. Expect to lose the first packet per five minutes, at least for a while yet. Dennis Rockwell CSNET Technical Staff