On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francois Meyer writes > : > > >I second this too, 23:59:59 is the worst time to > >insert a leap second, since failing to implement it > >leaves you with the wrong day (month and possibly > >year) at the very second it occurs. > > That is probably one of the strongest arguments for retaining that > moment of insertion: That way computer bugs are more likely to > be noticed.
UTC is not a debugging tool, it is an international standard. Software is an an issue but I think it cannot justify in itself that leap second impact should be as large as possible. -- Francois Meyer Tel : (+33) 3 81 66 69 27 Fax : 3 81 66 69 44 Observatoire de Besancon - BP1615 - 25010 Besancon cedex - FRANCE **** Université de Franche-Comté ****** CNRS UMR 6091 *****
