[Nottingham] 61 seconds in a minute

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Mon Sep 19 20:23:20 UTC 2011


Folks,

Does all /your/ software correctly handle 61 seconds in a minute?

Google have an ugly work-around:

Google reveals 'leap smear' NTP technique
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/google_has_to_lie_to_computers_about_time/

For a more extreme example, take a look at Dr Taylor's clocks!
http://chronophage.johnctaylor.com/chronophage_pages/aboutus_fulltext.php?itemid=5


To misquote a famous quote:
The measurement of time is an artificial illusion (and reality is doubly so)!

Cheers,
Martin



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