Rob Seaman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is not obvious why a couple of weeks notice is acceptable for hour > amplitude clock adjustments,
It isn't. It's a stupid thing to do. > Or for that matter why variable radix 25-hour or 23-hour days are ok for > drifting timezones or other variations of the leap hour notion. Daylight saving does not use variable radix in that way, nor does it use intercalary insertions. The change in UTC offset is indicated either explicitly or with a DST flag of some kind. If UTC worked like time zones it would have a representation like 2014-02-24 12:34:56 -00:00:35 Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Shannon: South veering west later, 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10, perhaps violent storm 11 later. Very rough or high, occasionally very high. Rain or squally showers. Moderate, occasionally poor. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
