On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:20:00 +0000 David Howells <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rudolf Polzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As for 24:xx:yy times - I'm split about this. This code doesn't > > require a bijective decoding anyway (and if it did, 24:00:00 and > > 00:00:00 mapping to the same time64_t would be problem enough) so this > > is sure safe. On the other hand, a cert with a 24:xx:yy time that's > > not 24:00:00 probably should be regarded as invalid and not trusted > > for that reason alone. > > Feel free to argue that one with Linus:-/ Pedantic hat on 24:00:01 is also potentially valid. The ANSI and ISO standards allow for double leap seconds even though CCIR-460 doesn't allow it to actually happen. Alan
