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Re:The Unix timestamp will begin with 16 this Sunday by BoppreH on Saturday September 12, 2020 @01:00PM (#24453786)
Because that's not how Unix time is defined. The leap second hack is hardcoded into it:

Unix time is [...] the number of seconds that have elapsed since the Unix epoch, minus leap seconds.

- Wikipedia

If you are on Mars you'll have to update your computer time every ~6 months when Earth release a new table of leap seconds caused by e.g. earthquakes.

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