[Info-vax] SYS$TIMEZONE.DAT

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-03-16, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 6:15:23 AM UTC-4, Paul Sture wrote:
>> On 2015-03-16, <lists at openmailbox.org> <lists at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:37:21 -0400
>> > David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes, but maybe the pertinent question is, "how many users need
>> >> accurate time?"
>> >
>> > VMS clustering can work without accurate time across the cluster?
>> 
>> Yes.  The place where problems become evident is the batch system, but
>> VMS clustering can work quite happily when times across members are not
>> in sync.  The hardware clocks on different systems usually go out of
>> sync in a gentle fashion, which isn't a big deal for clustering itself.
>> 
>
> And CMS, make, etc

My head hurts just thinking about that one :-(

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