Re: RFC 99 (v2) Standardize ALL Perl platforms on UNIX epoch

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "RA" == Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

RA> Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Leap-seconds are a PITA for generic time routines.

RA> Unix time ignores leap seconds.  POSIX basically says "don't worry about
RA> them" and by and large that works.  It means your system clock drifts a
RA> little over time and then gets corrected back by xntpd or something, but
RA> in practice time on a Unix clock is monotonic.

Hmm, that means, some seconds were really 2x as long as others.

<chaim>

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