"Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Leap seconds? Leap seconds aren't supposed to exist when looking > at POSIX timestamps. They don't exist when I look at my watch > either, and that's what I expect from any time-keeping device > except those for use by astronomers.
That's pretty much what I was saying. The POSIX rule for Seconds Since the Epoch explicitly excludes leap seconds. Astronomers and the like then know what further adjustments are required for the their needs. The rest of us get along with the assumption that there are 86400 seconds in every day. -- Pete Forman -./\.- Disclaimer: This post is originated WesternGeco -./\.- by myself and does not represent [EMAIL PROTECTED] -./\.- the opinion of Schlumberger or http://petef.22web.net -./\.- WesternGeco. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
