[LEAPSECS] POSIX Time

[Magnus Danielson]

Joe,


>> So in many ways UTC and time_t are only superficially similar things.

>> time_t is a half-assed attempt to do the right thing for time.  It

>> generally works for most people most of the time, but is wrong where

>> it doesn't match reality.

> 

> POSIX Time (time_t) solves the problems it was intended to solve, but 

> may be half-assed in the context of problems that it was never intended 

> to solve.  The issue is not that POSIX Time is right or wrong, but that 

> it is misapplied.  Screwdrivers don't make very good chisels, and 

> chisels don't make very good screwdrivers, even if each is the best of 

> its kind.


The trouble is that it is the only basic tool provided, it looks like 
"time" to most than a few and no directions was given to what needs to 
be done if propper time is needed. Being the wrong tool but the only 
tool, we get forced to use it anyway.

We still need to figure out a good way to resolve the issue and let 
there be a method by which it can be implemented.

Cheers,
Magnus