On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 16:18, Tony Duell wrote: > RTCs keep time in hours/minutes/seconds ... To be pedantic, "real time" does not mean wall time, clock time, or calendars, it means isochronous-external-to-the-computer. Things that keep time in traditional wall time are clock/calendars. The terminology for Y2K-problem-capable thingies is not as concise.