Re: Y2K

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:44:10 +0100 (BST)

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> POSIX time ignores leap-seconds. There are various flamewars that
> periodically occur about whether this is the Right Thing (tm), but the
> POSIX standard is pretty clear about that.
>
> Everything is defined in terms of "seconds since the Epoch".

Has POSIX yet determined what sort of second since the Epoch ?

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