> If I wait exactly one second, Unix time advances by exactly one second
There's a more insidious problem here - that a computer's internal representation of a second actually falls in line with an actual second. Quartz clocks are, at best, approximations. Temperature adjusted approximations at that.
Without NTP and its ilk, computers would be a complete disaster when it comes to keeping regular time.
There's a more insidious problem here - that a computer's internal representation of a second actually falls in line with an actual second. Quartz clocks are, at best, approximations. Temperature adjusted approximations at that.
Without NTP and its ilk, computers would be a complete disaster when it comes to keeping regular time.