Robert Collins <[email protected]> writes:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 12:27 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>
>> >> ...but the real question is if we love or hate the GMT/UTC difference, and
>> >> 23:59:61?
>> >
>> > *cough* :60 *cough*
>>
>> Well, I am glad someone was on the ball enough to notice that. ;)
>>
>> IIRC, :61 is actually a possible but extremely unlikely time value, to
>> account
>> for two leap-second adjustments required in a year, but a quick look around
>> suggests that memory was wrong. So, :60 it is.
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/time.h.html
>
> "The range [0,60] seconds allows for positive or negative leap seconds.
> The formal definition of UTC does not permit double leap seconds, so all
> mention of double leap seconds has been removed, and the range shortened
> from the former [0,61] seconds seen in previous versions of POSIX.
> "
Oh, /that/ was where it came from. Thanks. :)
Daniel
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