Is there a name for the unit of time that is 24 hours in seconds? I'm thinking of something like mebibyte vs megabyte, but for days.
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@avibryant@matasar Perhaps@argyris could say, given the word's etymology. -
@attaboy@matasar@argyris POSIX defines a day to always be that number of seconds, though I don't understand how: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_15 … -
@avibryant@matasar Because it's only thinking in UTC? -
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@avibryant@attaboy Leap seconds were apparently first inserted in 1972, so IEEE would have known about them. -
@matasar@attaboy the New Jersey style in action. (And can't say I blame them).#worseisbetter -
@avibryant@matasar Sure enough, leap seconds aren't included. http://excerpent.com/q/75/ffc37feb44975049b7ba2e82168f1d … -
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