[LEAPSECS] Terminology question

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <445CB57A-6FCF-4933-A288-BD152135229F at noao.edu>
            Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu> writes:

: On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:12 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote:

: 

: > Maybe we just need to toss the word 'idealized' in there somehow.

: > 

: > time_t is an idealized representation of seconds since 1970.

: 

: "Idealized representation" is a tautology.


Actually, it isn't.  If it were an actual representation, it would
have leap seconds in it.

Warner