xcept those for use by astronomers.
That's pretty much what I was saying. The POSIX rule for Seconds
Since the Epoch explicitly excludes leap seconds. Astronomers and the
like then know what further adjustments are required for the their
needs. The rest of us get along with the assumption tha
ill use local time or
UTC and other time scales are possible with a bit of effort. If you
were to allow an epoch earlier than 1970 then ambiguity is more likely
to sneak in.
Another reason not to allow an epoch of 1900 is that Microsoft
introduced a bug in its leap year algorithm in Excel. Th
rogramming languages
continue to assume use of a monospaced font? It was natural when we
used punch cards and line printers, but now? Python relies on the
indentation but could be flexible about other textual attributes.
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Pete Forman-./\.- Disclaimer: This post is originated
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