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Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib Non-Bug

To: Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib Non-Bug
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: 04 Aug 1999 10:41:38 +0200
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In-reply-to: Guido Flohr's message of "Tue, 3 Aug 1999 17:54:05 +0201"
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Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de> writes:

|> The problem arises only from the manner in which time_t values get
|> calculated.  If you don't consider leapseconds you will get a value
|> which is currently 21 less than values calculated with leapseconds
|> properly handled.

If you want to conform to POSIX you *must* ignore leapseconds.  I think
applications where you really need leapseconds are rather rare.  And the
best solution is to get the time from a time server anyway.

Andreas.

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schwab@suse.de                                   completely different."
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