[LEAPSECS] A new use for Pre-1972 UTC

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Poul-Henning Kamp said:

>>>> ISO C doesn't define the type, format, or meaning of time_t - it can even

>>>> be floating point or (IIRC) a structure.



>> Okay (I didn't have the standard in front of me). That still allows

>> floating point.

> 

> And that wouldn't matter, the objective is to make a random number.


But what would matter is that time_t on my machine and yours might be
completely different. On yours it might be a floating point version of the
POSIX value, while on mine it might be Julian date, using fractions to
represent the time of day.

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