In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Bunclark writes:

>> The POSIX definition makes it impossible to correctly handle leap
>> seconds with any complying implementation of the standard, and
>> therefore applications which needs to be *truly* leapsecond compliant,
>> cannot use the standard libraries.
>>
>So we need just one other, published, open, correctly implemented, and
>tested library and all your problems go away.

No, because all sorts of governments and companies mandate "POSIX
compliance" so you couldn't sell the resulting product.

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