Re: Time::Local

2005-08-16 Thread zowie
Hmmm... at least backwards leap-seconds are fixed. Handling leap- seconds for all time requires net access or frequent software updates, but a single block of 32 comparisons handles everything up to A.D. 2000. On Aug 16, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Dave Rolsky wrote: On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Larry Wa

Re: Time::Local

2005-07-05 Thread zowie
On Jul 5, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Sam Vilain wrote: Craig DeForest wrote: Using the TAI epoch of 1958-01-01 00:00:00 has several advantages: - TAI is recognized by international standards-setting bodies (BIPM). - Perl6 will then shake out the 31-bit time rollover a full 12 years before