Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Leap Second is Dead. How Will GNU/Linux Cope? Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:56:25 +0100 Lines: 5 Message-ID: References: <18df0d1075e60834$2732$2693458$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net nmkMSpFN+1bQvs2Ruj8UZAN4CQorOTgVWary7QnJ4aOKkfuOQX Cancel-Lock: sha1:mi1VJeUFsLzOtT/NWuJb4tAtdyE= sha256:EF0V1Rx2CkGS7Je4nRrEeik+PgvrQYNFy/KNZHP/yzQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <18df0d1075e60834$2732$2693458$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93884 Leroy H wrote: > the leap second will die on May 20, 2027: I seem to remember a proposal for "blending" the leap second over the course of 24h ... I bet the high-frequency traders would love that.