On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Joshua Isom <jrisom_at_gmail.com> wrote: > You think it's trivial until you read this: > > http://infiniteundo.com/post/**25326999628/falsehoods-** > programmers-believe-about-time<http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time> > > Some days have 86400 seconds, some have 86401. There is a provision for two leap seconds to be applied at once, but that hasn't ever happened. Still, a truly correct clock, set to UTC, might someday read 23:59:59 23:59:60 23:59:61 00:00:00 How many seconds did that hour have?Received on Wed May 29 2013 - 02:59:37 UTC
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