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Well, unix timestamps are still tied to UTC, which has leap seconds for some reason... I would prefer if we had a few seconds of an offset with Zulu "GMT" Time
by MayeulC 4y ago
Well, unix timestamps are still tied to UTC, which has leap seconds for some reason...
I would prefer if we had a few seconds of an offset with Zulu "GMT" Time (pardon the double acronym).
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- School-Cotton 4y agoUnix time doesn’t include leap seconds.
- NavinF 4y agoAs I said 6 months ago, "Naw that would make way too much sense": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855416 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855416
- naniwaduni 4y agoRealistically, the first of our time systems that aliens are likely to encounter and associate with us is probably GPS time? I sure as heck hope it is, at least...
- MayeulC 4y agoGPS only goes up to 20 years though. Ever heard of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_week_number_rollover https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_week_number_rollover ?