Robert Collins <robe...@robertcollins.net> writes: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 12:27 +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > >> >> ...but the real question is if we love or hate the GMT/UTC difference, and >> >> 23:59:61? >> > >> > *cough* :60 *cough* >> >> Well, I am glad someone was on the ball enough to notice that. ;) >> >> IIRC, :61 is actually a possible but extremely unlikely time value, to >> account >> for two leap-second adjustments required in a year, but a quick look around >> suggests that memory was wrong. So, :60 it is. > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/time.h.html > > "The range [0,60] seconds allows for positive or negative leap seconds. > The formal definition of UTC does not permit double leap seconds, so all > mention of double leap seconds has been removed, and the range shortened > from the former [0,61] seconds seen in previous versions of POSIX. > "
Oh, /that/ was where it came from. Thanks. :) Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ dan...@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html