I really think we need a standard way to handle linear time that is not effected by leap seconds but can be mapped between back to calendar time (UTC) The Unix

I really think we need a standard way to handle linear time that is not effected by leap seconds but can be mapped between back to calendar time (UTC) The Unix Epoch does not handle leap seconds (time just rewinds). Google's time smearing approach is a great hack, but trades one issue for another. This is a niche case in high resolution time, auditing and security considerations.