Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past
by teknopaul on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:31PM
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Seconds don't matter for sunset and sunrise to humans. Move a bit and your off no matter what timezone you are in.
If you need really really precise sunset and sunrise leap seconds don't help. You are more likely to hit a bug than be helped by them.
I'm all for ending leap seconds and ending daylight savings while we at it. In Spain, in summer, some people start work at 08:00 or 07:00, no need to change clocks to change habits.
Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:10AM
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Sunrise and sunset take half an hour or more, and depending on location and time of year can shift by over a minute every single day.
The shifting will be invisible, and someone can update the formula once a century.
Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past
by Maursault on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @10:00AM
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I'm not really sure why sunrise and sunset times are being discussed when what leap seconds are designed to do is have noon occur when the sun is highest in the sky, which is a fraction of a split-second event.
Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @01:02PM
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Leap seconds get applied to time zones, so I don't feel like solar noon is a top priority.
I also misread their argument until this point. But there is no reading that makes sense except that Meta’s programming problems protect everyone else from dealing with the drifting time.
I think this is right. There will still be calculations for sunrise and sunset which will have to make the calculations.