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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by emmelaich on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:40PM (#32230605)
That's in the article!

> While the leap second might have been an acceptable solution in 1972, when it made both the scientific community and the telecom industry happy, these days UTC is equally bad for both digital applications and scientists, who often choose TAI or UT1 instead.

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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by thrown_22 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:12AM (#32234907)
What's not in the article is why TAI is not mandated to be used in facebook it UTC is so difficult for them to get right.
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by IshKebab on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @04:39PM (#32243677)
Nothing supports TAI.
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by thrown_22 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:51PM (#32244548)
Oh no, imagine having to write software to fix your problems as a software developer.
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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by IshKebab on Thursday July 28, 2022 @10:59AM (#32265256)
Sure I'll just write and submit patches to every piece of server software used by Facebook. Very practical.
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