Re: [LEAPSECS] programmer frustration with time

2013-12-31 Thread Warner Losh
On Dec 31, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Steve Allen wrote: > Arther David Olson just posted this to the tz mail list > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY > > It is a rant about handling time in computer applications. > It starts off with time zones, but from 06:43 it is leap seconds, > and the epil

[LEAPSECS] programmer frustration with time

2013-12-31 Thread Steve Allen
Arther David Olson just posted this to the tz mail list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY It is a rant about handling time in computer applications. It starts off with time zones, but from 06:43 it is leap seconds, and the epilog about Google leap smear starts at 09:15. But the last sente