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diff --git a/doc/libstddjb/tai.html b/doc/libstddjb/tai.html index a285cfb..231c0d1 100644 --- a/doc/libstddjb/tai.html +++ b/doc/libstddjb/tai.html @@ -112,28 +112,6 @@ dates. It is up to the programmer to make sure that a relative time is never interpreted as an absolute TAI64 date, and vice-versa. </p> -<h3> The leap second table </h3> - -<p> - skalibs provides a <tt>src/etc/leapsecs.dat</tt> file, -which is copied to <tt>/etc/leapsecs.dat</tt> at installation time -(or wherever you specified with the <tt>--prefix</tt> or <tt>--datadir</tt> -options to configure). -<strong>Make sure this file is always present and readable.</strong> -This file contains the <em>leap second table</em>, which is needed for -conversions between TAI and UTC. If you call a function that needs such -a conversion (for instance, you call <tt>tain_sysclock()</tt> and your -system clock is set to UTC) and the file cannot be read, the function -call will fail. -</p> - -<p> - The leap second table is read once in every process that needs it -(the first time a TAI ↔ UTC conversion is made) and then is -stored in memory. If the <tt>leapsecs.dat</tt> file changes, long-lived -processes will need to be restarted to take the change into account. -</p> - <h2> Functions </h2> <h3> Wallclock operations </h3> @@ -343,8 +321,7 @@ could not be performed; in which case errno is set to EINVAL if the input argument was not a valid timestamp, to EOVERFLOW if the output could not be represented in the chosen format (which may happen on systems with a 32 bit <tt>time_t</tt>), or other error -codes - for instance related to the leap second table when a -lookup was necessary. +codes. </p> <code> int tai_from_time_sysclock (tai_t *a, time_t t) <br /> |