> From: Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 00:14 > To: ISAAC J SCHWABACHER > Cc: Alexander Belopolsky; Lennart Regebro; Python-Dev > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Status on PEP-431 Timezones
> [Tim] > >> The formulas only produced approximations, and then > >> rounded to 5-second boundaries because the tz data format didn't have > >> enough bits. > [ISAAC J SCHWABACHER <ischwabac...@wisc.edu>] > > Little known fact: if you have a sub-minute-resolution UTC offset when a > > leap second hits, it rips open a hole in the space-time continuum and > > you find yourself in New Netherlands. > Tell me about it! Last time that happened I had to grow stinking > tulips for 3 years to get enough money to sail back home. I'll never > use a sub-minute-resolution UTC offset again ;-) I meant this one: https://what-if.xkcd.com/54/ :) ijs _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
