Re: [LEAPSECS] Schreiver AFB warns about leapsec

From: Francois Meyer <fmeyer_at_OBS-BESANCON.FR>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:12:57 +0000 (UTC)

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0512202014130.31375-100000_at_jupiter.obs-besancon.fr>, Francois Meyer writes
> :
>
> >I second this too, 23:59:59 is the worst time to
> >insert a leap second, since failing to implement it
> >leaves you with the wrong day (month and possibly
> >year) at the very second it occurs.
>
> That is probably one of the strongest arguments for retaining that
> moment of insertion: That way computer bugs are more likely to
> be noticed.

UTC is not a debugging tool, it is an international
standard. Software is an an issue but I think it
cannot justify in itself that leap second impact
should be as large as possible.

-- Francois Meyer
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