REMINDER: LEAP SECOND

Mon Jun 22 12:15:41 UTC 2015

Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org> wrote:

> It's a problem with POSIX, not UTC.
>
> UTC is monotonic.

The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, and it breaks the standard
labelling of points in time that was used for hundreds (arguably
thousands) of years before 1972.

Tony.
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Irish Sea: Northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, becoming variable 4.
Slight or moderate. Mainly fair. Good.