[tz] [PROPOSED 1/3] * theory.html: Source data can do subseconds.

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu Jul 28 05:02:39 UTC 2022


---
 theory.html | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/theory.html b/theory.html
index bfadc4f0..2b14c511 100644
--- a/theory.html
+++ b/theory.html
@@ -723,8 +723,8 @@ href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/booked-a-global-history-of-time-vanes
     than what the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code> code can handle.
     For example, from 1880 to 1916 clocks in Ireland observed Dublin Mean
     Time (estimated to be <abbr>UT</abbr>
-    −00:25:21.1), but the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>
-    code cannot represent the fractional second.
+    −00:25:21.1); although the <code><abbr>tz</abbr></code>
+    source data can represent the .1 second, TZif files and the code cannot.
     In practice these old specifications were rarely if ever
     implemented to subsecond precision.
   </li>
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2.34.1



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