REMINDER: LEAP SECOND

Sat Jun 20 18:03:01 UTC 2015

On Jun 19, 2015 2:05 PM, "Saku Ytti" <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
>
> On (2015-06-19 13:06 -0400), Jay Ashworth wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> > The IERS will be adding a second to time again on my birthday;
> >
> > 2015-06-30T23:59:60
>
> Hopefully this is last leap second we'll ever see. Non-monotonic time is
an
> abomination and very very few programs measuring passage of time are
correct.
> Even those which are, usually are not portable, most languages do not even
> offer monotonic time in standard libraries.
> Canada, China, England and Germany, shame on you for opposing
leapsecondless
> UTC.
>
> Next year hopefully GPSTIME. TAI and UTC are the same thing, with
different
> static offset.
>

Unlikely but here's hoping. I mean letting computers figure out slower
earth rotation on the fly would seem more accurate than leap seconds
anyway. And then all of us who do earthly things and would like simpler
libraries could live in peace.