From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9fbc059a74d74032 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-01 09:25:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!wanadoo.fr!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Leap Seconds Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:18:23 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9f8f8h$ide$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9f85kg$eut$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B17B3B8.B0626F22@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 991412305 18862 136.170.200.133 (1 Jun 2001 16:18:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Jun 2001 16:18:25 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7984 Date: 2001-06-01T16:18:25+00:00 List-Id: Bzzzzzzzzzttt! Wrong Answer! :-) I can neither change the hardware I'm programming nor can I change the specification of the data being sent to me. Its always nice to simply define your problems away, but sometimes you can't. I could pile another layer of abstraction on top of it and hope to surround it with an SEP field, but there are less drastic measures possible. In this case, I'm not going to sweat it too much. Being off by a few seconds is not going to kill the system and I am leaving a method open for the operator to remotely download "tuning constants" which will include an offset to time. If they really need to get the accuracy up to match the incoming message, they can send me the number of seconds to adjust by. It was a rather interesting question WRT how Ada keeps time and its nice to know what is (not) required concerning leap-seconds. Its obviously not a problem for most apps, but where it matters, I now know what is likely going on under the hood. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Wes Groleau" wrote in message news:3B17B3B8.B0626F22@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com... > With such a clear statement of the problem, the solution becomes obvious. > You need to either get such a clock or design an implementation that doesn't > need one. Which is what many of the posts were trying to do for you, sort of. >