[ntpwg] Comments on draft-ietf-ntp-ntpv4-proto-06

[Danny Mayer]

I endorse this change.

Danny
Steve Allen wrote:
> I repeat my request for a change in the explanation of UTC
> and the inclusion of two more references.
> 
> On Tue 2007-03-13T15:30:30 -0700, Steve Allen hath writ:
>> Section 4, 1st paragraph
>>
>> The following text does not direct the reader to the definitive
>> references:
>>
>>       The Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) timescale represents mean
>>       solar time as disseminated by national standards laboratories.
>>
>> A better text would be
>>
>>       The Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) timescale is defined by
>>       ITU-R TF.460.  Under the auspices of the Metre Convention of
>>       1865, in 1975 the CGPM strongly endorsed the use of UTC as the
>>       basis for civil time.
>>
>> This implies adding these to the section of Informative References
>>
>> International Telecommunications Union,
>> "Standard-frequency and time-signal emissions",
>> ITU-R TF.460,
>> http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-TF.460/en
>>
>> General Conference on Weights and Measures,
>> Resolution 5 of the 15th CGPM,
>> Comptes Rendus de la 15e CGPM, 1976
>> http://www1.bipm.org/jsp/en/ViewCGPMResolution.jsp?CGPM=15&RES=5
> 
> Section 4 is "Definitions".  I think it is relevant to make it clear
> that UTC is defined externally to the NTP spec, and that definition no
> longer includes any reference to mean solar time.  From a technical
> standpoint NTP already incorporates the complexity necessary to handle
> the current definition and any changes that those in control of the
> external definition are likely to make.
> 
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