Fortunately, this is probably a non-issue for most of us because none of our time sources can indicate a leap-second anyway. If you did have to deal with it, it's traditionally been inserted at the end of the year.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Alex - I, too, find the fractional day format for a timestamp very > useful. > > Have you considered the possible effect of the occasional leap-second > that > > gets inserted into a year every now and then? > > If you have a context that warranted the complexity of > dealing with leap-seconds, what does a leap second > mean for a five minute interval which may or may not > include that leap second? > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
