[LEAPSECS] ISO Influence

[Warner Losh]

From: Greg Hennessy <greg.hennessy at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] ISO Influence
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:49:17 -0500


> UTC has leapseconds. If computing doesn't have leap seconds

> presently, then I would say that computing doesn't have UTC.


time_t, which is how POSIX computers tick time, is aligned to UTC,
nominally, but doesn't have leap seconds.

in effect, computers don't have leap seconds.

Warner