On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:28:41 +0000 David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com> wrote:
> One Thousand Gnomes <gno...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > As for 24:xx:yy times - I'm split about this. This code doesn't > > > > require a bijective decoding anyway (and if it did, 24:00:00 and > > > > 00:00:00 mapping to the same time64_t would be problem enough) so this > > > > is sure safe. On the other hand, a cert with a 24:xx:yy time that's > > > > not 24:00:00 probably should be regarded as invalid and not trusted > > > > for that reason alone. > > > > > > Feel free to argue that one with Linus:-/ > > > > Pedantic hat on 24:00:01 is also potentially valid. The ANSI and ISO > > standards allow for double leap seconds even though CCIR-460 doesn't > > allow it to actually happen. > > Did you mean 24:00:01 or 23:59:61? I'd have to actually go and real all the standards for that one. Alan
