[MMUSIC] RFC 4566bis - issue 7 - clarification

[Colin Perkins <csp at csperkins.org>]

On 10 Nov 2006, at 00:10, Alfred HÎnes wrote:
> (7)  clarification
>
> The second paragraph of Section 5.9, on page 17, says:
>
>    The first and second sub-fields give the start and stop times,
>    respectively, for the session.  These values are the decimal
>    representation of Network Time Protocol (NTP) time values in  
> seconds
>    since 1900 [13].  To convert these values to UNIX time, subtract
>    decimal 2208988800.
>
> To make the time base unique and absolute, the time zone (UTC)  
> needs to
> be specified.
> Hence, the RFC should say:
>
>    The first and second sub-fields give the start and stop times,
>    respectively, for the session.  These values are the decimal
>    representation of Network Time Protocol (NTP) time values in  
> seconds
> |  since 1900, UTC [13].  To convert these values to UNIX time,  
> subtract
>    decimal 2208988800.

Does anyone understand appendix E of RFC 1305 well enough to comment?  
I'm not sure this change is correct, but equally it's not clear that  
the current text is right either.

http://ftp.arnes.si/standards/rfc/rfc1305.pdf starting on page 70  
(you need the PDF version of this RFC...)

--
Colin Perkins
http://csperkins.org/



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