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    SubjectRe: Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009
    Once upon a time, David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com> said:
    > No. Exactly the contrary. I'm saying that through use of zoneinfo, for
    > example, no kernel support is required for leap seconds. And! this
    > provides correct results for seconds-between two dates.

    Again: zoneinfo provides offset from UTC. Leap seconds are changes in
    UTC itself, not time zones, so zoneinfo can't handle that.

    Please go read Google, Wikipedia, and NTP lists.
    --
    Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
    Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
    I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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