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Re:It’s time to leave the leap second in the past by skwheel on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:53PM (#32233360)
Yes, I fully support this position by Meta but their reasoning is not quite right when it comes to astronomers and scientists. Passing around a leap second kernel is a major pain for everyone dealing with GPS, satellite ephemerides, celestial bodies, etc. Leap seconds transform a problem which is entirely deterministic, and make it dependent on a policy decided by a committee, like timezones.

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