Re: Re: localtime()

Hallo,

Thorsten Glaser schrieb am 05.12.2011 um 11:44:
> 
> >    Therefore I think your conclusion that counting
> >    leap seconds is required by law is wrong.
> 
> It’s implicit (and more verbose in ZeitG): to be able
> to have a Jan 1 00:59:60 CET, the leap second must
> exist in the system.

yes and no. It's a question of representation. The law does not
require the system to have a unix timestamp matching Jan 1 00:59:60 CET.

You *can* have applications which are able to process such a time
value without having a matching unix timestamp. I think database
engines usually store datetime values as calendar date + clock time,
for example.

You can also run something like ntpd which lets your system clock
jump from 00:59:59 straight to  01:00:00 without being off the real time
by more than 0.5 seconds. :-)

Bye,
	Peter
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