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Alternatively, just store times using system that's already divorced from the rotation of the Earth, such as Unix Time.
by weavejester 14y ago
Alternatively, just store times using system that's already divorced from the rotation of the Earth, such as Unix Time.
- wmf 14y agoIsn't Unix time UTC, which includes leap seconds which is what is causing all these glitches?
- weavejester 14y agoNo, Unix Time is the number of seconds since a fixed origin. In human time the origin is usually expressed in terms of UTC time, but Unix Time itself is divorced from Earth's rotation. Leap seconds only have to be taken into account when converting into human dates and times.