[LEAPSECS] comments on UTC

[Rob Seaman]

Usual range of opinions. These guys think they've solved the problem for
all time:

    https://news.wisc.edu/thank-the-moon-for-earths-lengthening-day/

As you say, not much pertinent to leap seconds.

Rob
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I'm not sure any solution created by a computer programmer is "real
world" :-)
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On 6/6/18 8:11 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
> Below are recent threads about UTC on HN & reddit. There's a few comments about leap seconds as well. Read it not so much to learn something new about UTC or leap seconds, but to get a snapshot of real world timing problems that programmers face.
>
> "UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right?"
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17181046
>
> "UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right?"
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8n1rrd/utc_is_enough_for_everyone_right/.compact?limit=500
>
> /tvb
>
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