Zefram wrote: >Kristian Flint wrote: >>definitely a fixed number of seconds in a day > >Leap seconds. DateTime doesn't really do them correctly -- actually its >time scale is a bit schizophrenic at the sub-second level -- but it does >represent leap seconds that it knows about. So some days, about one in >500, have 86401 seconds.
Please explain this. I've always thought DateTime *does* handle leap seconds correctly. If the DateTime library doesn't handle leap seconds correctly, then I need to know so I can stop telling others it does. I'm misrepresenting it. -- Jim Monty (I apologize for the legal notice below.) <html> <body> <p>***********************************************************************</p> <p>The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter.</p> <p>***********************************************************************</p> </body> </html>
