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False. UTC is a count of seconds. Conversion to HMS is dictated to fool with the S field, but everybody suffers. The seconds count is supposed to actually skip
by ncmncm 4y ago
False.
UTC is a count of seconds. Conversion to HMS is dictated to fool with the S field, but everybody suffers. The seconds count is supposed to actually skip.
- fanf2 4y agoUTC is not a count of seconds, because the standard representation of UTC does not have enough information to give you the right count. You also need to know the leap second table to convert a pair of UTC times to an accurate interval.
- ncmncm 4y ago...which would be fixed if they just stopped inserting any more. Because nobody is going to fix the million programs and gadgets that get it wrong every time.