On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Kirrily Robert wrote:
> >
>
> I agree, but with some fine-tuning: Time modules that accept "1D" as a
> synonym for 86400 seconds should IMHO still go under Time::, even though
> they "deal with units of a day".
<pedant>
In calendaring terms, a day is not reliably 86400 seconds. Because
of daylight savings time, some days are 86400-(60*60) seconds long,
and some are 86400+(60*60) seconds long. If you have a module that
makes this assumption, you should state in your documentation
how/whether it behaves properly when spanning DST switchovers.
And then there are leap seconds....
</pedant>
On a more serious note: is there any reliable knowledge about how
Perl on various platforms behaves if it's running during the moment
of a DST switchover?
srl, ducking and running
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