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Re: What problems do leap seconds *really* create?

John Cowan
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:48:59 -0800

Markus Kuhn scripsit:

> Who really needs to maintain a full list of leap seconds and for what
> application exactly?

Anyone who needs to convert arbitrary timestamps to the corresponding LCT times.

> Who needs to know about a leap second more than half a year in advance
> but has no access to a time signal broadcasting service (the better ones
> of which all carry leap second announcement information today)?

Any isolated system that it isn't practical to upgrade every six months.

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