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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by DenisM on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:20PM (#8840880)
We could also accumulate leap seconds and release them as leap minutes once a century or so.
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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by organsnyder on Monday January 05, 2015 @05:04PM (#8841522)
I like the current system better. They happen often enough that software is (or should be) written with them in mind. Otherwise, we'd have y2k-style scrambling every time they occurred (since it would be infrequent enough that the pain of the experience would be dulled with time).
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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by Matumio on Monday January 05, 2015 @03:31PM (#8840943)
An actual proposal was to wait until an hour has accumulated and then change time zones.
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