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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by TimWolla on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @07:29AM (#8844026)
One cannot even assume that '1 day = 86400 seconds' because of DST.
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Re:A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of J... by rspeer on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:58AM (#8851614)
I've never seen a UNIX system that changes the system clock due to DST. You change the local time zone.
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