> > correct.  plan 9 does not bother with leap seconds.
> 
> seconds(1) "handles" leap seconds in that it will not crash
> when it encounters them -- it accepts that sometimes there
> are 61 seconds in a minute.

i'm not sure if we're talking past each other, or making different points.
but either way, i should clarify.

by "not handling leap seconds" i mean there is no code in ctime() to add
in leap seconds from an external source at the appropriate unix times.
so e.g. gmtime could read e.g. /lib/leapseconds and ajust seconds similar
to days (/sys/src/libc/9sys/ctime.c:137,138).

- erik

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