> On the red Hat page Linus Torvil ... Ah, yes, Torvil! Quite the ice dancer in her day, too.
=== > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 00:30:16 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Leap Second today! > To: [email protected] > > On the red Hat page Linus Torvil tries to explain that much of the > application software was designed and built in an ERA(1999-2005) that had no > leap > seconds. 'It's always something' R. Rosanadan > > > In a message dated 7/1/2015 10:52:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A better solution would be to have the program read a record with the > date of the next leap second (once it is announced - there is > adequate warning to update the record. Until then it is the last leap > second) to set the "It is going to occur TODAY" flag. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
