In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes: >On Sun 2008-03-30T22:27:36 -0700, Steve Allen hath writ: >> I would love to know the meaning of "recently". >> >> Was it 6 months of notice, or less than Daniel Gambis gives? > >Hmmm, at least for NSW it was less than 6 months. >Legislation passed 2007-10-23 > >http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/cru/ll_cru.nsf/pages/cru_daylightsaving > >Someone please tell me again why the zoneinfo files would need 10 >years of advance notice if they were to absorb responsibility for leap >seconds.
Because stupid handling of timezones is something politicians you vote for do, and consequently there is a feedback loop that can discourage such behaviour. Leapseconds are mandated by a bunch of scientists who are not accountable for anybody if they suddenly decide to issue leapseconds with 1 month notice. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
