[LEAPSECS] Instant (86400 second Java class) [was Java:ThreeTen/JSR-310]

[Tony Finch]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011, Stephen Colebourne wrote:


> The idea that midday or midnight would cease to have the same meaning to

> an average person is horrid and I would suggest something that some

> politicians would get very worked up about.

>

> In other words, I flat out don't believe that the tinkering with time

> would stop simply because leap-seconds were stopped.


Remember that the politicians already have a mechanism to adjust their
local time to match the hours of daylight to their satisfaction. Time
zones are not going away.

Tony.
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