On Mon 2012-01-23T12:40:20 -0500, Keith Winstein hath writ:
> Steve Allen has opted for my #2 ("Correctly account for past leap
> seconds, and ignore yet-to-be-disseminated future leap seconds when
> converting EST/EDT/UTC-specified moments into a timestamp").I assert that this is the same problem as ignoring yet-to-be-announced changes in the zoneinfo files. The whims of the rotating earth bear many resemblances to the whims of senators/presidentes/bureaucrats. (The latter category cannot be suppressed by the ITU-R.) I also assert that this problem is being usefully addressed by the TC TIMEZONE folks as they followup their work on creating RFCs 5545, 5546, and the related protocols. I foresee that they will achieve a working implementation for time zones. -- Steve Allen <[email protected]> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
