Talk:Time (computing)

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[edit] Leap seconds

"Library subroutines that handle such conversions may also deal with adjustments for... leap seconds"

I doubt it. - lingwitt, 2007-01-17

Some systems do, but most don't. UTC civil time includes leap seconds, even though most (but not all) computer systems simply ignore them. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) time-keeping standard includes leap second adjustments. The standard C library allows for such adjustments, but does not require them. There are many discussions about this among various technical Internet newsgroups. Most programmers (I perceive) don't like leap seconds, and in fact there are movements underway to eliminate them from civil time reckoning, but the issue is far from resolved (see www.ucolick.org). — Loadmaster 18:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I must admit that I don't understand the controversy: we already have time keeping without leap seconds: TAI. Why would civilians want this anyway? It is only useful to non-civilian enterprises. In any case, check out an earlier post of mine.