tech-kern: Re: why times are often off by up to a second

Subject: Re: why times are often off by up to a second
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/25/1999 16:10:25

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Andrew Brown wrote:

> i see what you're trying to fix, but i still don't see why.  unless
> it's "just because it's there".

Because when you have no NTP server available, it's annoying to
have random time changes on a machine you reboot all the time.

cjs
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