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Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by Nullabillity on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:14PM (#34585719)
Time zones are wide enough that the error from (missing) leap seconds are infinitesimal compared to the quantization to the time zone.

Leap seconds are a poor band-aid "solution" to a problem that nobody has.

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Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by tshaddox on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:57PM (#34586267)
Right, but I'm talking about solar time drift.
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Re:An Update on Leap Seconds by mb7733 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:38PM (#34603992)
The point is that you get significantly more 'drift' by just moving east or west within a timezone. No government is going to care if the local time at solar noon at a certain location changes a few seconds over the years, given that the time at solar noon changes much more as you move throughout the timezone.
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