[ntp:hackers] Leap second support in versions prior to 4.2.6
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Jun 4 18:30:35 UTC 2012
mikes at flatsurface.com said:
> I think you're complaining about systems which don't do it right, not leap
> seconds themselves.
But POSIX pretends that leap seconds don't exist, so that's a lot of systems.
> Which are problems with the system/implementation. I don't see any point in
> debating whether one kludge is better than another on a system which can't
> properly handle leap seconds. Any kludge is bad.
Are there any common OSes and/or APIs that do it correctly and cleanly?
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