[LEAPSECS] Crunching Bulletin B numbers (POSIX time)

Clive D.W. Feather clive at davros.org
Mon Feb 21 08:33:38 EST 2011


Tony Finch said:

> > There's no reason why you couldn't extend numeric tz offsites to include

> > leapseconds, as in "Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:17:16 +000021".

> Yes there is: timezone offsets are relative to UTC not TAI.


That would be a matter of defining the new notation (offsets are currently
sign plus 4 digits, after all).

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