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*the number of seconds in most days
by ClassyJacket 2y ago
*the number of seconds in most days
- HPsquared 2y agoDepends what planet you're on too, I suppose.
- sambazi 2y agoearth has leap seconds
- thaumasiotes 2y agoBut those don't increase the number of seconds in the day. Instead, the final second happens twice. This is different from what happens in leap year, where February is actually lengthened and February 29 is considered a different day from February 28. It escapes me why leap seconds aren't treated that way. (I know, people say the stupid treatment of leap seconds is required by the POSIX definition of time. So what? Change the POSIX definition.)
- sambazi 2y ago> But those don't increase the number of seconds in the day. Instead, the final second happens twice. i agree that this is a rather confusing way of putting it
- leni536 2y ago> But those don't increase the number of seconds in the day. Instead, the final second happens twice No, it adds a 61th second to the last minute. UNIX timestamps happen twice, because it's broken. NTP too.