In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:50:27 +0000 > > Two other IBM-supplied callable services are available: > > o STCKCONV converts arbitrary, in general non-current ETOD values into > date-time ones; and > > o CONVTOD converts an STCKCONV date-time value [back] into an ETOD value. > > All three of these facilities make the necessary corrections for the > peculiarities of the Grergorian calendar; the facilities they provide are > comprehensive; and they should always be used in preference to homegrown > conversion routines, which no non-specialist programmer ever gets right. > Do these likewise make the necessary corrections for Daylight Saving Time and Leap Seconds? How do they deal with the uncertainty of future leap seconds?
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