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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by cryptoz on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:45PM (#38272353)
> imagine we implemented leap years by slowing our clocks to half speed on Feb 28 instead of adding a Feb 29

Thanks I will imagine this! Too bad we can’t slow the real Earth time down and have a bizarrely slow and long day every 4 years.

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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by fooker on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @09:45PM (#38272719)
Leap hours would be neat!
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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by petre on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:50PM (#38273117)
Not if you write code that calculates time.
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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by ASalazarMX on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @03:15PM (#38281819)
I guess that would still be neat when finished.
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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by firecall on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @05:46PM (#38283676)
I guess it wouldn’t matter if the code was calculating time offsets and so on.

But it would matter if I wanted something to take 60mins and then set a start time and an end time.

Dates and timezones are the worst! :-)

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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by GauntletWizard on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:51PM (#38273469)
We had one of those last weekend (At least in most of the US)
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Re:Happy 1700M Epoch Second by ant6n on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @07:51AM (#38276108)
In Europe, some weeks before. Cuz why shouldn’t we have a time difference that’s different for a couple of weeks compared to the usual, it’s not like ppl in CET and EST ever have meetings together.
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