Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?

[Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht () gmail com> wrote:

> I wonder why the system's internal time isn't run that way.

For compatibility with software that does time calculations without using
the crappy libc time API.

Tony.
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