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Yeah, I mean thats an option, but I basically expect that to cause a y2k-like level of emergency refactorizations as everyone realizes that their software isn't
by lalaithion 4y ago
Yeah, I mean thats an option, but I basically expect that to cause a y2k-like level of emergency refactorizations as everyone realizes that their software isn't built for it.
On the other hand, we already have leap seconds. They're not much of a problem.
- arp242 4y ago> On the other hand, we already have leap seconds. Well, leap seconds are going away, so we don't. They were never adequate for the long-term anyway, as the "two leap seconds a year" scheme will break down as the earth's rotation slows over the centuries and more and more leap seconds will be needed. We're talking about an hour time drift over a few thousand years. Does that really matter? It's like caring what Julius Caesar's sense of "morning" or "evening" was. They never really solved any practical problem.