Re: 2017-03-06- UTC, TImeZone, DayLight Saving Shifts, Enconding

De: "Joe Touch" 
> UTC requires a table to compute deltas if any period spans a leap second. UT avoids that's issue if your
> optimizing for computing deltas.

Sure, but not enough software cares about the leap second for UT support to be widespread. UTC is the only realistic option if one wants to use of-the-shelf components.

And there are still many components that botched their UTC migration because of the UTC = local time + offset DOS viewpoint.

-- 
Nicolas

Received on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:06:46 UTC