In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Hennessy writes:

>My claim is that if POSIX defines time_t % 86400 == 0 as being
>midnight than POSIX doesn't reflect reality, [...]

Well, POSIX clearly doesn't match the scientific definition of
UTC, but as which of the two is more "real" is mostly a matter of
philosophy I think.

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