[LEAPSECS] Consensus building?

[Michael Sokolov]

Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:


> If I have 180 days to pay a loan, I have to pay it by a certain time, 

> UTC, on the 180th day or I'm in default.  In this definition, the earth 

> enters into it only to the extent that UTC varies from 86400s days 

> during that interval.  This might mean that it will be a little more or 

> a little less than 180 solar days.


That's assuming that the loan agreement was signed in a jurisdiction
that uses UTC as the basis of its legal time.  But what if it was in a
jurisdiction that uses mean solar time instead?  I know, I know, you and
PHK will argue that it may be MST on paper but UTC in practice, but if
the stakes are high enough and some bad-ass lawyers get involved to
pursue it through the courts, the outcome is far from certain.

MS