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RFC 5905, "Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification", June 2010

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 7822, RFC 8573, RFC 9109

Source of RFC: ntp (int)

Errata ID: 6524
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Kenneth Duffill
Date Reported: 2021-04-09
Held for Document Update by: Erik Kline
Date Held: 2022-09-26

Section 6 says:

202,939,144

It should say:

202,934,144

Notes:

In Figure 4 The Era Offset of 1 Jan 1 has a typo.

The value of 202,939,144 for the Era Offset of 1 Jan 1 should be 202,934,144 because 1 Jan 0 has an Era Offset of 171,311,744 and there are 366 days in year 0, therefore the Era Offset for 1 Jan 1 should be 86400 * 366 (= 31,622,400) greater than that for 1 JAN 0.

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[INT AD notes]

From https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ntp/Cbg3sOhChyfenYoj7UG5wCymFMU/ :

"""
... might be correct too, but I find that table confusing with those
dates when the modern definition of the second and UTC didn't exist
yet...
"""

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