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Even more than that: some real-world infrastructure does depend on time being synced to the rotation of the Earth. I work in astronomy, and taking leap seconds
by ngoldbaum 11y ago
Even more than that: some real-world infrastructure does depend on time being synced to the rotation of the Earth. I work in astronomy, and taking leap seconds into account is extremely important for precisely pointing telescopes.
- vbezhenar 11y agoI still think that this complexity must stay where it matters and it must be removed from majority of software. There's a lot of broken code working (or not working) with timezones. Leap seconds are much more subtle thing that most of developers probably didn't even hear. Date/time infrastructure is complex enough and any simplifications will help.