[LEAPSECS] The ends we seek

[Tony Finch]

Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:

> On 17 Jan 2012 at 23:18, Warner Losh wrote:

>

> > But it just so happens that this draft changes UTC to match the

> > POSIX definition of time_t where leap seconds don't really exist...

>

> It seems to be a rather blatant example of "geek arrogance" to say

> that, when a tech standard fails to conform to reality, the solution

> is to redefine reality to match the standard.


Both UTC and time_t are tech standards that don't conform to reality.

Tony.
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