[comp.protocols.time.ntp] Minimal Joy Deserved

Mills@udel.edu (11/13/90)

Folks,

Rightfully spanked, I have goofed some of the data in the
latest (version 3) NTP spec Appendix E, which contains an
extensive discussion on timescales and calendrics. The
result is that all the Modified Julian Day numbers are
in error high by one day. I have corrected all MJD
references and will put up amended PostScript and text
files real soon.

For interest, I forgot to lop off a day when converting
from Julian Day to MJD and also to correctly account for
the origin offset of the Gregorian relative to the Julian
calendars of two days. Heck, the Romans didn't get it
right, either, for the first few years.

Dave