Pivot cruft in step_systime

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> Can we get rid of it if very early in the startup sequence, we force the 
> system time to be at least the build time?
> 
> That is, if current time is less than build time, set the time to build time. 
>  (no network involved)

Ah, you're thinking of this as a way to get us into the right half of
the next era after a wraparound?
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