On Wed 2011/02/09 08:48:28 -0000, "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote in a message to: Leap Second Discussion List <leapsecs@leapsecond.com>
>>>during the autumn >>>change, a hour is repeated. So as far as a clock ticking civil time is >>>concerned, you have 0100 through 0200 twice, once a year. Events >>>stamped 0130.01 and 0130.02 could be an hour and a second apart. > >In Denmark the law used to say that you have to suffix the timestamp >with 'A' and 'B' during these two hours. Bully for the Danish parliament for exhibiting a bit of nous. >When we did automatic pumps at the oilcompany I worked at, we decided >that we would just refund any complaint during those two ours and >if that turned into abuse, we would just close the pumps for >maintenance instead. The oil company (was it BP by any chance?) apparently decided it could cut corners at the service station. Hopefully it did not adopt such a blasé attitude at the refinery or oil rig. Regards, Mark Calabretta _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
