Markus Kuhn scripsit:
> Who really needs to maintain a full list of leap seconds and for what
> application exactly?
Anyone who needs to convert arbitrary timestamps to the corresponding LCT times.
> Who needs to know about a leap second more than half a year in advance
> but has no access to a time signal broadcasting service (the better ones
> of which all carry leap second announcement information today)?
Any isolated system that it isn't practical to upgrade every six months.
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Received on Wed Jan 29 2003 - 11:49:35 PST