[Numpy-discussion] Re: NumPy-Discussion Digest, Vol 183, Issue 33

2021-12-31 Thread Lev Maximov
Hey, Stefano! The level of being pedantic is absolutely acceptable. I don't question any of your arguments. They are all perfectly valid. Except that I'd rather say it is ~29 seconds if measuring against 1970. Leap seconds were introduced in 1972 and there were a total of 27 seconds since then,

[Numpy-discussion] Re: NumPy-Discussion Digest, Vol 183, Issue 33

2021-12-29 Thread Stefano Miccoli
Lev, excuse me if I go in super pedantic mode, but your answer and the current text of the article fail to grasp an important point. 1) The proleptic Gregorian calendar is about leap year rules. It tracks days without making any assumption on the length of days. If we agree on using this calend