[LEAPSECS] A new use for Pre-1972 UTC

[Clive D.W. Feather]

M. Warner Losh said:

> I think it would be better to define this in a different way.  It

> should be defined more like:

> 

>        ((year - 1970) * 365 + ((year - 1969) / 4) + day_of_year) * 86400 +

>        hour * 3600 + min * 60 + sec

> 

> Since that's what they mean. Jan 1 is day 0, Jan 5 is day 4, etc.


Since this use case doesn't care if there are gaps in the scale, I would
make it:

(((((year-1970) * 12 + month) * 31 + day) * 24 + hour) * 60 + min) * 60 + sec

or

(((((year-1970) * 16 + month) * 32 + day) * 32 + hour) * 64 + min) * 64 + sec

or some such.

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