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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by gmiller123456 on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:01PM (#32229320)
UTC was never to make astronomy applications easier. The only thing that has changed is that cheap computers make it easier for astronomers to use UTC as a starting point.
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by ncmncm on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:24PM (#32231137)
Then it was for nobody. Astronomers find UTC leap seconds as much a nuisance as everybody else.
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