[tz] negative leap second predicted

John Sauter John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com
Sun Mar 7 15:18:43 UTC 2021


On Sat, 2021-03-06 at 17:27 -0800, Steve Allen via tz wrote:
> On Sat 2021-03-06T15:54:42-0800 Guy Harris via tz hath writ:
> > After all, we don't truncate the files at the date/time when
> > they're
> > generated, given that we have no guarantee that there will be no
> > changes in the future to the offset from UTC, or the DST rules, for
> > a
> > given tzdb region....
> 
> The way the crust is rotating now it is likely that jurisdiction(s)
> will change time zone rule(s) before there is another leap second.
> 
The way the crust is rotating now there will be a negative leap second
on June 30, 2031.
    John Sauter (John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com)

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