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I see no reason that it would ever go backward, so yes. Especially with leap second smearing, meaning it's not only monotonically increasing, but also never sto

I see no reason that it would ever go backward, so yes. Especially with leap second smearing, meaning it's not only monotonically increasing, but also never stops (never a slope of zero).

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chowells 9y ago
Double leap-seconds are allowed, though I can't find any evidence one has ever happened. In such an occurrence, POSIX time would actually go backwards afterwards.
- etskinner 9y ago
  Is there any reason to believe they don't just smear both leap seconds?