[LEAPSECS] Schedule for success

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Dec 30 23:54:22 EST 2008


In message: <495AE9E8.7000608 at cox.net>
Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy at cox.net> writes:

: > Now, do you belive me when I say that 99+% of all programmers

: > wouldn't get a leap-second right if they even knew what it was ?

:

: Then my advice is to work on getting better programmers rather

: than messing with leap seconds.


Even really good programmers have problems with leap seconds. Plus,
you've ignored the practical issues that I've raised with using an
additional time scale that isn't UTC...

Warner


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