[tz] Question about leap seconds

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Sep 11 21:43:58 UTC 2013


On 09/11/13 10:18, Zefram wrote:
> Really, you'd only have a problem here if you're simultaneously applying
> the loose interpretation of UTC ~= UT1 and the strict interpretation of
> UTC with leap seconds.

Yes, you're right -- sorry for the confusion.

We're lucky that Liberia ended the last use of
not-a-multiple-of-a-minute UT offset in May 1972,
the month before the first leap second hit the clocks.



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