I think lots of contracts for the use of computers where time matters, such as online auction sites, contain language that the parties agree to use the time as maintained on a particular computer system, such as the electronic auction site's computers.
-----Original Message----- From: LEAPSECS [mailto:leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com] On Behalf Of Hal Murray Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 2:23 PM To: leapsecs@leapsecond.com Cc: Hal Murray Subject: [LEAPSECS] Do lawyers care (know) about leap seconds? . . . How many contracts worry about seconds? I think it's common for contracts to start one minute before or after midnight to avoid an English language ambiguity. Things like "midnight Monday" might be the midnight at the start of Monday or the midnight at the end of Monday so contracts usually use 00:01 or 23:59. A bit of googling found a web page describing that, but I don't know what they teach in law schools. Do other languages have the same problem? How many languages have a simple and unambigious way to say "midnight at the end of xxx"? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs