Re:All I want for Christmas is a negative leap second
by umanwizard on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:07AM
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You don’t need to announce it a decade in advance. Time zones change all the time, we already know how to handle it and it requires no global coordination. Some country announces that part of its territory is changing time zone, the tzdb is updated, and everything continues working fine for everyone. This happens a few times a year already.
Re:All I want for Christmas is a negative leap second
by mitsu_at on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @03:31PM
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Sometimes on quite short notice too. https://codeofmatt.com/on-the-timing-of-time-zone-changes
If synchronizing our clocks with the Sun is still important by then, then announce it a decade or two beforehand, and make a large ceremony out of the thing.