On 11 Feb 2012 at 14:26, Paul J. Ste. Marie wrote: > On 1/26/2012 4:42 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > There are also months, but they are sufficiently non-uniform that nobody > > expects simple arithmetic conversions to work. > > Care to place money on that? A lot of financial stuff assumes a 360 day > year with 30 day months.
Which shows that ignoring the realities of the date/time system on Earth to get math to come out easier dates back way before POSIX. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
