[LEAPSECS] Leap second relationship to ISO 8601

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <alpine.LSU.2.00.1408271011340.23119 at hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Tony F
inch writes:
>Brooks Harris <brooks at edlmax.com> wrote:
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>> Its important to note 8601 is silent on how "Daylight Savings Time" is handled
>> and provides no recommendation of how it might be indicated or represented.
>
>ISO 8601 does not represent daylight saving nor time zones.

I'm told this was by design.

The intent was that you could always use an 8601 string without
reference to "external cultural databases".

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