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Re: NTP for ASBRs?


From: Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 17:55:08 -0700

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:47:56PM -0500, Bryan Holloway wrote:
100% true. But there is also a practical side to this ...

When a NOC-ling, in their own local timezone, says, "hey, what happened 
two hours ago?", they have to make a calculation. And that calculation 
annoyingly depends on the time of year in many if not most locales 
worldwide. And to make matters worse, some folks change at different 
times of the year, so, if you're a global network ............

Hawai'i and Arizona can add/subtract without looking at the damn 
calendar. I'm just sayin' I'd like to see more of that.

Clocks are cheap. I have two on the wall; one is local time and
the other is marked GMT.
        - Brian


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