We get another leap second tonight! Can anyone tell me why the time difference between the epoch and midnight is an exact number of minutes?
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Replying to @antonpiatek
@antonpiatek Seems that way. Even though the timezone files know about leap seconds... :(1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @propensive
@propensive that's because the epoch ignores leap seconds. Your clock has to step forward one more s but elapses time since epoch doesn't2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @antonpiatek
@antonpiatek Well if you take the "number of seconds since epoch" as accurate, then the UNIX epoch *changes*! But good for calculating days.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @propensive
@antonpiatek Basically, time is a bit screwed up...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @propensive
@propensive very. And the more you read into it the more you'll cry1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @antonpiatek
@antonpiatek Did you hear about the time when local time got retroactively "corrected" to be solar time in LA prior to about 1850?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @propensive
@propensive no, but I think I'm going to cry. I remember@dretweek working on a customers complaint about lost days before gregorian cal2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @antonpiatek
@antonpiatek@propensive and don't get me started on Julian vs Gregorian. Use the proleptic astronomical calendar or get out.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@dretweek @antonpiatek Another nice quirk of history is that France changed to a Napoleonic calendar with ten-day weeks for a few years.
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